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To: Tony Russell <>
Subject: National Bird
From: Martin Butterfield <>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:00:34 +1100
Tony

Surely "Rabbit" is stretching the definition of bird a bit?  Our were you:

   - reflecting on Carl's suggestion?
   - using a homophone for Lyrebird?

Martin

Martin Butterfield
http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On 21 March 2015 at 09:45, Tony Russell <> wrote:

> Could have Abbott the Rabbit.
>
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> Carl Clifford
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> To: Martin Butterfield
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] National Bird
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> Nope we do not have an National bird or animal. Considering what has been
> coming out of Canberra over the last few years, perhaps our National Bird
> should be the Spangled Drongo.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> > On 20 Mar 2015, at 7:10 pm, Martin Butterfield <>
> wrote:
> >
> > I had assumed it was the Emu as it features on our Coat of Arms.
> > However I can't find anything authoritative which confirms this or
> > offers an alternative.
> >
> > Surely we have one?  If not, I cry 'Shime, shime " and ask what can be
> > done and by whom to get one.  (For various reasons, if starting from
> > scratch, my pick would be Galah.)
> >
> >
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