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On this comment from Benj (edited):
"On Philip Veerman's comment that they
are 'rarely' in Canberra, well I don't enjoy semantic
arguments, but to me 'rarely' means 'not often' or 'seldom' and these are also
stated on Web definition pages. I would not consider 1 record in 20 years as
being 'not often'."
Benj I slightly agree with you. "Rarely"
is much more definitive than "not often". I was understating my comment. I could
have written "very rarely". But does that make a lot of difference?
Also the quote "rarely recorded wild locally" was about "locally" not "in
Canberra". These are or could be
different things (as in where are the boundaries of locally).
Also I am Philip Veerman not Philip Veermans, so please use the
apostrophe.
I support Harvey's comments, that make a lot of sense. Very likely
this species is adapted to regular burning of its habitat and can move away from
the danger and return later.
The guy who wrote this initial message, sent it to Birding-Aus, not the
cog-list. I suppose that he is not a local and not on the cog-list. It was
me who sent it to cog-list. I wonder if I should have. I suppose
so.
Philip
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