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Subject: Name changes
From: Michael Hunter <>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 21:24:09 +0000

      These must be an April Fools day joke.

      Otherwise just a joke and unamusing.


              Cheers

                   Michael

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>   1. Re: mystery bird on YouTube (Gary Davidson)
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>   3. Re: mystery bird on YouTube (John Leonard)
>   4. Re: bird names - again (Rob Gully)
>   5. Re: bird names - again (Noel Luff)
>   6. mystery bird on YouTube. No mystery. (Philip Veerman)
>   7. FW: mystery bird on YouTube. No mystery. Further info.
>      (Philip Veerman)
>   8. Malurus assimilis dulcis - The Sandstone Fairy-wren
>      (Graeme Chapman)
>   9. Re: mystery bird on YouTube (Peter Shute)
>  10. Re: bird names - again (Brian Fleming)
>  11. Re: bird names - again (Laurie Knight)
>  12. Re: mystery bird on YouTube. No mystery. (Carl Clifford)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:25:30 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Gary Davidson <>
> To: "calyptorhynchus ." <>,
>    "" <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
> Message-ID: <>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Definitely a Steller's Jay, the question is, how did it get to Europe. This 
> bird lives only on the west coast of North America, not a likely vagrant that 
> far east! It is an extremely?rare bird anywhere in the eastern half of NA.Gary
>
>      From: calyptorhynchus . <>
> To: "" <>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 1:49 AM
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
>
> 1.07 minutes into this video on Trovants (a peculiar form of sandstone
> boulders found in Rumania), there is an appearance of a bird I can't
> identify. I would say it definitely isn't a European bird and looks more
> like a S American sub-oscine.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8Jq26dw6k
>
> A screen-capture is here:
>
> www.jleonard.net/mysterybird.jpg
>
> But you might get more detail by watching the video.
>
> cheers
>
> --
> John Leonard
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 07:16:43 +1030
> From: Peter Waanders <>
> To: Birding Aus <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] bird names - again
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> Hi all,
> I've been forwarded the below email which I thought I'd share with the
> group in light of recent discussion about bird names. It appears the Aust
> gov't is moving ahead with adopting an updated bird taxonomy.
> Please remember I'm only the messenger... :-)
> cheers
> Peter
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Ludus, Malcolm (DEE)* <>
> Date: Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:47 PM
> Subject: RE: bird classification [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
> To: <undisclosed recipients>
>
> For Official Use Only
>
> Dear all
>
> I've dug up the information we touched on during the discussion about bird
> taxonomy at this week's meeting and thought I'd forward to you - please see
> link below:
>
> http://www.icbn2017.com
>
>
>
> Also, Mandy have you had a chance to distribute the updated documents yet?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Malcolm.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 08:17:21 +1100
> From: John Leonard <>
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
> Message-ID: <>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii
>
> Thanks everyone for this identification as a Steller's Jay.
>
> I suspect the author of the video just put together all the footage he could 
> find of these type of boulders and this segment happened to be from western 
> US, even though the main subject was an area in southern Rumania!
>
> John Leonard
>
>
>> On 1 Apr 2017, at 4:25 AM, Gary Davidson <> wrote:
>>
>> Definitely a Steller's Jay, the question is, how did it get to Europe. This 
>> bird lives only on the west coast of North America, not a likely vagrant 
>> that far east! It is an extremely rare bird anywhere in the eastern half of 
>> NA.
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> From: calyptorhynchus . <>
>> To: "" <>
>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 1:49 AM
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
>>
>> 1.07 minutes into this video on Trovants (a peculiar form of sandstone
>> boulders found in Rumania), there is an appearance of a bird I can't
>> identify. I would say it definitely isn't a European bird and looks more
>> like a S American sub-oscine.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8Jq26dw6k
>>
>> A screen-capture is here:
>>
>> www.jleonard.net/mysterybird.jpg
>>
>> But you might get more detail by watching the video.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> --
>> John Leonard
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 08:28:50 +1100
> From: "Rob Gully" <>
> To: "'Peter Waanders'" <>,    "'Birding Aus'"
>    <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] bird names - again
> Message-ID: <>
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> It is April 1 isn't it.
>
> Rob Gully
> 0434 140 880
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of
> Peter Waanders
> Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 7:47 AM
> To: Birding Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] bird names - again
>
> Hi all,
> I've been forwarded the below email which I thought I'd share with the group
> in light of recent discussion about bird names. It appears the Aust gov't is
> moving ahead with adopting an updated bird taxonomy.
> Please remember I'm only the messenger... :-) cheers Peter
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Ludus, Malcolm (DEE)* <>
> Date: Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:47 PM
> Subject: RE: bird classification [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
> To: <undisclosed recipients>
>
> For Official Use Only
>
> Dear all
>
> I've dug up the information we touched on during the discussion about bird
> taxonomy at this week's meeting and thought I'd forward to you - please see
> link below:
>
> http://www.icbn2017.com
>
>
>
> Also, Mandy have you had a chance to distribute the updated documents yet?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Malcolm.
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 08:44:54 +1100
> From: Noel Luff <>
> To: Rob Gully <>
> Cc: Peter Waanders <>,    Birding Aus
>    <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] bird names - again
> Message-ID:
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> should have sorted out the black-faced/masked woodswallows while you were
> at it
>
>> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Rob Gully <> wrote:
>>
>> It is April 1 isn't it.
>>
>> Rob Gully
>> 0434 140 880
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf
>> Of
>> Peter Waanders
>> Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 7:47 AM
>> To: Birding Aus
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] bird names - again
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I've been forwarded the below email which I thought I'd share with the
>> group
>> in light of recent discussion about bird names. It appears the Aust gov't
>> is
>> moving ahead with adopting an updated bird taxonomy.
>> Please remember I'm only the messenger... :-) cheers Peter
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Ludus, Malcolm (DEE)* <>
>> Date: Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:47 PM
>> Subject: RE: bird classification [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
>> To: <undisclosed recipients>
>>
>> For Official Use Only
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I've dug up the information we touched on during the discussion about bird
>> taxonomy at this week's meeting and thought I'd forward to you - please see
>> link below:
>>
>> http://www.icbn2017.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, Mandy have you had a chance to distribute the updated documents yet?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Malcolm.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 08:56:11 +1100
> From: "Philip Veerman" <>
> To: "'calyptorhynchus .'" <>,
>    <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube. No mystery.
> Message-ID: <>
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>
> And who trusts things on utube? People splice in stuff from all over. Just 
> because these stones are found in Romania does not mean only Romania. At 4:08 
> minutes the narrator (it is quite a strain to keep up with him), says that 
> these stones are found elsewhere mentioning amongst other places e.g. 
> Wyoming, that is western USA, and clearly within the range of Steller's Jay. 
> So a bit of extra film slotted in there. Nothing odd there.
>
> Philip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of 
> Gary Davidson via Birding-Aus
> Sent: Saturday, 1 April, 2017 4:26 AM
> To: calyptorhynchus .; 
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
>
> Definitely a Steller's Jay, the question is, how did it get to Europe. This 
> bird lives only on the west coast of North America, not a likely vagrant that 
> far east! It is an extremely rare bird anywhere in the eastern half of NA.Gary
>
>      From: calyptorhynchus . <>
> To: "" <>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 1:49 AM
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
>
> 1.07 minutes into this video on Trovants (a peculiar form of sandstone
> boulders found in Rumania), there is an appearance of a bird I can't
> identify. I would say it definitely isn't a European bird and looks more
> like a S American sub-oscine.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8Jq26dw6k
>
> A screen-capture is here:
>
> www.jleonard.net/mysterybird.jpg
>
> But you might get more detail by watching the video.
>
> cheers
>
> --
> John Leonard
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 09:50:53 +1100
> From: "Philip Veerman" <>
> To: <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] FW: mystery bird on YouTube. No mystery.
>    Further info.
> Message-ID: <>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="UTF-8"
>
> Hi All,
>
> This comment has just come in from an expert in western USA.........
>
> Philip
>
> -----Original Message-----From: Kimball Garrett  
> Sent: Saturday, 1 April, 2017 9:32 AM
> To: Philip Veerman    Subject: RE: mystery bird on YouTube. No mystery.
>
> Philip,
>
> Yes, that Steller's Jay must certainly have been filmed in western North 
> America, and Wyoming would be a typical place for them (as long as the 
> habitat is coniferous forest).  The white streaks on the forehead indicate 
> that the Steller's Jay is from the Rocky Mountain subspecies group (the group 
> found in Wyoming) rather than any of the Pacific coastal (se. Alaska to s. 
> California) subspecies, which have bluish streaks and browner (less blackish) 
> heads.  But if the Romanian Bird Records Committee wants to review this as a 
> first record for Romania and the Western Palearctic, then let them have fun 
> with it.
>
> Kimball
>
> Kimball L. Garrett
> Ornithology Collections Manager
> Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
> 900 Exposition Blvd.
> Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA
> (213) 763-3368
> 
> http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/ornithology
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Veerman 
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 3:24 PM
> To: Kimball Garrett
> Subject: FW: mystery bird on YouTube. No mystery.
>
> Hello Kimball,
>
> I am often interested to read your posts on LA birds as I have also been very 
> involved in long term bird surveys, although I have no likelihood of ever 
> going to America. As you are clearly involved in record keeping, this little 
> exchange may amuse you as to how some birding records get confused and it 
> concerns a bird that I guess you would know well. Is my comment about 
> Steller's Jay correct, that they would occur near Wyoming?
>
> Philip Veerman
> Canberra
> Australia
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 09:47:08 +1100
> From: Graeme Chapman <>
> To: 
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Malurus assimilis dulcis - The Sandstone
>    Fairy-wren
> Message-ID:
>    <>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii
>
> This very distinctive form of the Variegated Fairy-wren is mainly associated 
> with the sandstone country of Arnhem Land.
>
> To the average birdwatcher, the breeding males look much like any other 
> Variegated F/W but females, winter males and immatures are another story. 
> They are blue, not brown.
>
> The females in particular are quite different because they have white lores - 
> they look more like a Lovely Fairy-wren, indeed they were once thought to be 
> a form of that species.
>
> However it has been shown that further south in the N.T. there are 
> intermediates where the blue grades to brown. So they are regarded at present 
> as a subspecies of the Variegated.
>
> Soon I plan to visit the N.T. and hope to photograph both the white-lored 
> dulcis females and any intermediate birds I can find.
>
> This is a request for help. I know Variegated Fairy-wrens occur around 
> Katherine, Pine Creek, Mataranka etc. If you have seen them there, did the 
> females have white lores? Unfortunately most people, once they've seen a 
> male, don't bother looking at females.
>
> In addition, does anyone know of a site close to Jabiru (say) where they 
> occur, that doesn't involve climbing to the top of an escarpment.
>
> I know they are easy to find up the top at Gunlom, and also they have been 
> seen at Edith Falls, not good for my knees these days.
>
> Finally a word to all you keen twitchers that are paying big money to chase 
> White-throated Grasswrens. Don't ignore the Fairy-wrens, they will be right 
> alongside, and make sure you see a female! A beautiful bird, they are 
> eminently twitchable!
>
> Regards
>
> Graeme Chapman
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 10:17:01 +1100
> From: Peter Shute <>
> To: John Leonard <>
> Cc: "" <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
> Message-ID: <>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> You could ask them in a comment on the video where that footage is from, and 
> hope they reply.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On 1 Apr 2017, at 9:20 am, John Leonard <> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks everyone for this identification as a Steller's Jay.
>>
>> I suspect the author of the video just put together all the footage he could 
>> find of these type of boulders and this segment happened to be from western 
>> US, even though the main subject was an area in southern Rumania!
>>
>> John Leonard
>>
>>
>>> On 1 Apr 2017, at 4:25 AM, Gary Davidson <> wrote:
>>>
>>> Definitely a Steller's Jay, the question is, how did it get to Europe. This 
>>> bird lives only on the west coast of North America, not a likely vagrant 
>>> that far east! It is an extremely rare bird anywhere in the eastern half of 
>>> NA.
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>> From: calyptorhynchus . <>
>>> To: "" <>
>>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 1:49 AM
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
>>>
>>> 1.07 minutes into this video on Trovants (a peculiar form of sandstone
>>> boulders found in Rumania), there is an appearance of a bird I can't
>>> identify. I would say it definitely isn't a European bird and looks more
>>> like a S American sub-oscine.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8Jq26dw6k
>>>
>>> A screen-capture is here:
>>>
>>> www.jleonard.net/mysterybird.jpg
>>>
>>> But you might get more detail by watching the video.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Leonard
>>> <HR>
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>
> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 10:22:37 +1100
> From: Brian Fleming <>
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] bird names - again
> Message-ID: <>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
>
> Note date!
>
> Anthea Fleming
>
>
>> On 1/04/2017 7:46 AM, Peter Waanders wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I've been forwarded the below email which I thought I'd share with the
>> group in light of recent discussion about bird names. It appears the Aust
>> gov't is moving ahead with adopting an updated bird taxonomy.
>> Please remember I'm only the messenger... :-)
>> cheers
>> Peter
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Ludus, Malcolm (DEE)* <>
>> Date: Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:47 PM
>> Subject: RE: bird classification [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
>> To: <undisclosed recipients>
>>
>> For Official Use Only
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I've dug up the information we touched on during the discussion about bird
>> taxonomy at this week's meeting and thought I'd forward to you - please see
>> link below:
>>
>> http://www.icbn2017.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, Mandy have you had a chance to distribute the updated documents yet?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Malcolm.
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>
> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 09:31:18 +1000
> From: Laurie Knight <>
> To: Rob Gully <>
> Cc: Peter Waanders <>,    Birding Aus
>    <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] bird names - again
> Message-ID: <>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>
> Yes, the ?remove sexist names? gives the game away.
>
>> On 1 Apr 2017, at 7:28 am, Rob Gully <> wrote:
>>
>> It is April 1 isn't it.
>>
>> Rob Gully
>> 0434 140 880
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of
>> Peter Waanders
>> Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 7:47 AM
>> To: Birding Aus
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] bird names - again
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I've been forwarded the below email which I thought I'd share with the group
>> in light of recent discussion about bird names. It appears the Aust gov't is
>> moving ahead with adopting an updated bird taxonomy.
>> Please remember I'm only the messenger... :-) cheers Peter
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Ludus, Malcolm (DEE)* <>
>> Date: Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:47 PM
>> Subject: RE: bird classification [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
>> To: <undisclosed recipients>
>>
>> For Official Use Only
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I've dug up the information we touched on during the discussion about bird
>> taxonomy at this week's meeting and thought I'd forward to you - please see
>> link below:
>>
>> http://www.icbn2017.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, Mandy have you had a chance to distribute the updated documents yet?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Malcolm.
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>
> Message: 12
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 14:27:36 +1100
> From: Carl Clifford <>
> To: Philip Veerman <>
> Cc: "calyptorhynchus ." <>,
>    "" <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube. No mystery.
> Message-ID:
>    <>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> That type of concretion, is also coung in NZ.
>
>
>> On Saturday, April 1, 2017, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
>>
>> And who trusts things on utube? People splice in stuff from all over. Just
>> because these stones are found in Romania does not mean only Romania. At
>> 4:08 minutes the narrator (it is quite a strain to keep up with him), says
>> that these stones are found elsewhere mentioning amongst other places e.g.
>> Wyoming, that is western USA, and clearly within the range of Steller's
>> Jay. So a bit of extra film slotted in there. Nothing odd there.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Birding-Aus 
>> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Gary Davidson via Birding-Aus
>> Sent: Saturday, 1 April, 2017 4:26 AM
>> To: calyptorhynchus .;  <javascript:;>
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
>>
>> Definitely a Steller's Jay, the question is, how did it get to Europe.
>> This bird lives only on the west coast of North America, not a likely
>> vagrant that far east! It is an extremely rare bird anywhere in the eastern
>> half of NA.Gary
>>
>>      From: calyptorhynchus . < <javascript:;>>
>> To: " <javascript:;>" <
>>  <javascript:;>>
>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 1:49 AM
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] mystery bird on YouTube
>>
>> 1.07 minutes into this video on Trovants (a peculiar form of sandstone
>> boulders found in Rumania), there is an appearance of a bird I can't
>> identify. I would say it definitely isn't a European bird and looks more
>> like a S American sub-oscine.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8Jq26dw6k
>>
>> A screen-capture is here:
>>
>> www.jleonard.net/mysterybird.jpg
>>
>> But you might get more detail by watching the video.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> --
>> John Leonard
>>
>>
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