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Australia: Land of Parrots

To: "'John Tongue'" <>, "'Peter Shute'" <>
Subject: Australia: Land of Parrots
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:06:15 +0930
Yes, and I noticed that Colin Friels referred to Corellas as cockatoos a
couple of times.

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 On Behalf Of John Tongue
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 7:34 AM
To: Peter Shute
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Subject: Australia: Land of Parrots


You'll all have to come to Tassie!  It was fine here.

And a fantastic show, too.

Only one small gripe, from a parochial 'new' Tasmanian:  The Narrator  
spoke early in the show about parrots spreading across the whole  
range of habitats, even to the countries highest mountains (with  
shots of Green Rosellas feeding in the snow.  The implication was  
that Green Rosellas are found around Australia's highest mountains  
(Snowy Mountains of SE mainland?).  While you do get Green Rosellas  
in the alpine country of Tasmania, in fact they are not as common as  
in lowland areas - many move to lower altitudes during the winter.   
However, I think you'd be hard-pushed to find any near the country's  
highest mountains!

There, that's my little 'insular' gripe over for the day/week/month etc.

Happy Birding, and happy watching, if they ever do replay the show!

John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.


On 05/05/2008, at 7:16 AM, Peter Shute wrote:

> Same here in Melbourne, recording from cable tv (I just watched the
> whole show at 30x speed) - same frozen Crimson Rosella.  If anyone  
> finds out if it's being repeated could they let us know?
>
> Peter Shute
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  on behalf of Steve
> Sent: Sun 4/05/2008 10:24 PM
> To:   
> Cc:   
> Subject:      Re: [Birding-Aus] Australia: Land of Parrots
>
> G'day all
>
> SW Victorian experience:  Great show up until about 10 minutes from 
> the end when the picture froze on a Crimson Rosella.  No problems 
> before that.  We waited for about 15 minutes but never saw the outcome

> or heard a word of explanation from the ABC.  Hope they show it again 
> soon.
>
> Cheers
> Steve
> Hamilton, Victoria
>
> On 04/05/2008, at 10:05 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Did anyone else lose the first 4 minutes or so of the sound track 
>> from ABC TV Program Australia: Land of Parrots. Apart from that it 
>> was a good program, hough somewhat truncated. I could easily have 
>> been expanded to a 3 part series.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Carl Clifford
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