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re: Land of Parrots - raptors

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Subject: re: Land of Parrots - raptors
From: "Lawrie Conole" <>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 15:25:15 +1000
As far as my 3 year old daughter is concerned the highlight of the whole
show was when the Perentie snapped the baby Budgie - she was still talking
(wide-eyed) about it this morning!  "How many more budgies is the lizard
going to eat?" - "Not the Mummy one!!! 'cause she can fly." and so on.
Fairly brave putting that kind of footage in a family orientated nature doco
- I flinched momentarily, but appreciated the non-gratuitous violence as
being representative of real-world conditions.

The raptor footage in the doco was something of a jumble of images and
sounds - but the soundtrack and the picture were out of kilter quite a bit
(Diamond Firetails shown - Zebra Finches calling; Budgies shown - Cockatiels
calling, etc.) - confusing only if you recognise the calls!  Another vote
for the Hobby snatching a budgie out of the air.  I saw Whistling and Black
Kites, Black Falcon, Brown Falcon, Nankeen Kestrel and Aus Hobby at various
points in distant and close-up shots.

L.

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Lawrie Conole
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AUSTRALIA
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