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fig parrots, beach stone curlews ... subeditors

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Subject: fig parrots, beach stone curlews ... subeditors
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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:50:45 EST
greetings all
exciting news about the fig parrot - and even if it does turn out to be 
coxen's, top work john in finding the blighters alive and well in SE Qld all 
the 
same. 
excuse the late posting - on a v wet and windy sat morning we took a wrong 
turn and ended up at delightful wellington pt at redland bay east of brisbane.
despite the weather there were a few birds about, notably pied oystercatchers 
courting/fighting, the odd common tern and a few waders from red-capped 
dotterels up to eastern curlews.   
an unexpected highlight was the arrival of two beach stone curlews on a 
sandbank just offshore, affording great views. i had seen these striking birds 
only 
once before, 25 years ago on nth stradbroke island.
they made my day.    
shane b
ascot q
ps: can we keep the throwaway generalisations down a bit please people. so 
far this morning i have read a few - about americans and 
journalists/subeditors. 
i am one of the latter, and far from "messing up" reporters' stories, more 
often than not we spare their blushes. although i can't speak for the errors 
mentioned, i can tell you that for immediacy stories are often posted directly 
on 
newspaper websites BEFORE they go through the subediting process, hence the 
errors.




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