Totally agree on all points Andrew.
As someone who was part of the initial rush of applicants and also
alot of communication between a number of the parties who were
intending to go (and did go), i don't know anyone who went onto
traditional lands.
And if Ian etc didn't go we would all be none the wiser regarding the
irruption of this rare bird.
Let's move on everyone.
Cheers
Dave
On 02/09/2010, at 2:33 PM, Andrew Stafford wrote:
David and others,
I haven't actually heard definitively of even one group of birders
since Ian
and Pat May's report who have gone onto traditional lands without
permission. The birdwatching community is small and it's hard to keep
secrets for long.
If anyone wants to inform me otherwise, I would be very interested to
hear
about it privately (off-list). Otherwise I am concerned that birders are
being tarred by the one dirty brush without cause. At this stage all
we are
seeing is journalism by press release, with a lot of unsourced and
unverified allegations.
Cheers
Andrew
http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2010/09/ ... ion=justin
I've read all of the princess parrot communication on the forum with
interest
although have been unable to contemplate going out there - when one
reads
this
article which states that the primary reason for the permission not
being
granted was as a result of some twitchers who appear to have
disregarded the
rules and went onto the land without permission - sad isn't it - in all
walks
of life including the birders there are those who flaunt the rules and
only
consider their own selfish purposes and as a result others miss out -
such a
shame that so many responsible and well intended birders have missed
out on
this opportunity to this point as a result.
Cheers
David Taylor
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