Hi Val and others,
Sorry, I wasn't annoyed, just surprised that someone who called
themselves an expert hadn't checked for themselves whether the
species was flightless.
Life's too short, and there is too much birding to be done, to get
annoyed :)
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 25/10/2007, at 7:07 AM, Val Ford wrote:
Hi all
As you have hopefully worked out, when I jumped onto Birding-Aus
with my
request I was annoyed that my friend kept answering my arguments with
'the expert said'. I hadn't even paused to think that the bird
might be
flightless!!!
To those who were annoyed by my original posting, my apologies.
Regards
Val
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of John Tongue
Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2007 7:52 PM
To: birding-aus (E-mail)
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Tasmanian Native Hens
Hi Val, Dave, et. al.,
Tasmanian Native Hens are indeed flightless, and there is no way this
'expert' could find them turning up this time every year in the
Grampians. I suggest they have been seeing Black-tailed Native Hens,
which are similar, though much smaller, and a bit differently
coloured. They do at least fly!
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tasmania
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