Hello Matthew,
I'm afraid the Rare bird subforum of Birdforum seems to be inhabited mainly by
pedants or twitchers, neither of whom matter very much in the overall scheme of
things. John Young has been out in the desert looking for Night Parrots for
many years and finally he has found them, and what really matters, raised their
public profile. The pictures are just that - pictures, and if they have been
edited for public consumption, so be it. There has never been any suggestion
that Night Parrots don't still exist and there are many observations in recent
times to support this.
What matters more to many people (but not everybody) is their future
conservation. Recently elected Liberal/National Governments have shown their
true colours and the future for conservation in Australia is looking grim -
opening up National Parks to cattle grazing is just one issue, even to hunting
(shooting) in NSW! Our only hope may rest with private enterprise - if we want
land for conservation purposes, we'll simply have to buy it. This is already
taking place by people like Bush Heritage and AWC (Australian Wildlife
Conservancy) albeit on a very small scale.
This brings me to my main point. Post #651 in the subforum has gone completely
un-noticed. Let us all hope that the reason the world's richest woman, apart
from claiming to have seen a Night Parrot, has spent time on Birdforum not only
to join but to post a comment. She may well be interested in the future
well-being of the Night Parrot and she alone could make a difference.
Regards
Graeme Chapman
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