Oh Alan,
 Surely you must know that the prime rule of tabloid journalism is  
never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 08/11/2010, at 11:39 AM, Alan McBride wrote:
Well according to The Age newspaper anyway!
 At around 1 min 40 into this (+ 30 seconds with the offensive ad);-)  
we find Australia has a new bird and apparently (they're) breeding.
Video - Thousands of birds nest up in the Murray Darling - The Age
http://media.theage.com.au/thousands-of-birds-nest-up-in-the-murray-darling-2030504.html
 Let's all nip out and make the Common Crane welcome to Australia.  
Thanks to The Age newspaper and Fairfax Media for finding them. Maybe  
we can all send Fairfax and the journo a note to thank them;-)
Best
Alan
 PS Why do journalists / newspapers publish inaccuracies? Oh I know, it  
must be to get extra publicity - well that's all I can think of; not  
sure they're this stupid really ;-)
Alan
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