I do recall seeing those comments of John's, Bruce, as I replied to him about
them. From memory, his comments were replies to replies, so not everyone would
have opened them and seen them. I doubt I'd be able to find them again, like
just about anything on Facebook. The interpretation of them is another matter,
as they were a little cryptic.
Peter Shute
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> On 29 Aug 2015, at 12:24 pm, R. Bruce Richardson <> wrote:
>
> You might want to change the length of John Young’s Night Parrot search from
> 6 years as you wrote in your blog, to 15 years. I was fortunate enough to
> hear Mr. Young talk about the Night Parrot in Melbourne this past March and
> he stated that he had searched for 15 years.
>
> I actively use social media and can assure you that John is very rarely on
> Facebook at all. What comments he may have made on other’s posts in which he
> was tagged, certainly should not be called... “taking to social media to
> distance himself from the project.” John has not “taken” to anything. You
> presented several quotes from John which are taken out of context and used in
> your blog. I am a Facebook friend of John’s and have just searched up and
> down his timeline and cannot find those quotes.
>
> In my opinion, it seems that your blog is trying to distance the project from
> John Young, rather than visa versa. These are just my opinions.
>
> R. Bruce Richardson
> Torquay, VIC
>
>
>> On Aug 29, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Greg Roberts <>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have a news story and feature published in today's edition of The Weekend
>> Australian which explores why the parrot has managed to hang on at the site
>> in south-west Queensland where it is presently being studied, and looks at
>> measures to control feral cats. Most of this material is behind the paper's
>> paywall; the transcript can be read in the following blog post:
>>
>> http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/night-parrot-news_29.html
>>
>> If that link doesn't work, try this:
>>
>> *http://tinyurl.com/nd8wg3z <http://tinyurl.com/nd8wg3z>*
>>
>>
>> Greg Roberts
>> http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/
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