Using Tony's brilliant idea, we should be lobbying for the Night Parrot to
be our official national bird. Then the Australian Government would have to
adequately fund the conservation of this species and its habitats to prevent
if from going extinct. Similar to the pressure that was put on the U.S.
Govt to save its national bird, the Bald Eagle.
It is also uniquely Australian, it symbolises the remote Australian
wilderness, it is an arid-zone species adapted to living in the driest
continent in the world (other than the Antarctic), and it is a parrot in the
land where parrots are thought to have first evolved.
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Tony Russell
Sent: Sunday, 22 March 2015 9:48 AM
To: ; 'Stephen Ambrose'; 'Kim Sterelny'; 'David
and Marg Taylor';
Subject: National Bird - Grey Fantail
Instead of all this debate about finding a bird which is well known why not
instead go for a bird that no-one hardly ever sees, ie the Fernwren.
Nothing like a bit of obscurity to set the pulses racing, and, as usual, the
general public wouldn't have a clue as to what it is or where to find it.
T
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