Hi Laurie,
It's even worse in Balmain - my age increased by ten years over the past
decade.
Ciao, Salut et cetera
Graham Buchan
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of L&L Knight
Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2008 7:34 PM
To: John Turner
Cc: Birding Aus; Chris Lloyd
Subject: Long distance pelicans
The Sunshine State morphed into the Smart State a couple of elections
ago. You could say that the SE coastline from Cape Otway to Bundaberg
is one extended retirement village - in some regions the median age
has increased by up to six years over the last decade.
Regards, Laurie.
On 30/04/2008, at 6:06 PM, John Turner wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> I enjoy your reference to Adelaide. "retirement village' is a
> significant
> upgrade from the Victorian Premier's 'backwater'. I am curious where
> the
> 'smart' ' sunshine' state is? You sign off with 'Ciao' - is it some
> place in
> Italy?
>
> Thanks for the laugh.
>
> John Turner (retired)
> Adelaide
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> Behalf Of Chris Lloyd
> Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2008 3:36 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Long distance pelicans
>
>
> I don't know if the bugger bred or not but about three years ago one
> of Greg
> Johnston's tagged pelicans turned up in Wonga Wetlands (Albury). I was
> teaching wildlife rehabilitators at the time at the Education centre
> so the
> bird was handed over. It had a mild case of Pododermatitis so a
> couple of
> injections and some instructions for care and maintenance and I left
> it with
> the local WIRES branch. It became notorious in Albury/wodonga with
> (complete with a picture in the local rag) for its behaviour with
> another
> recalcitrant long-nosed albatross. A year later on my way to Cobar I
> stopped
> off on the Bogan at Nyngan for tea and a twitch only to find pelican
> 222
> cruising the river escorted by that infamous ground nester the
> Little Black
> Shag. One presumes that like most escapees from the retirement
> village of
> Adelaide it was on its way to the smart (or is it sunshine) state as
> well.
> Ciao
>
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