Dear David,
Please go to Jack's email to the COG discussion list dated 9/8/10 @8:10pm
(headed "white fronted chat"). The email Jack sent was not sent to me
privately but was posted publically. I therefore replied publically that
Philip had a point in that the photo and the subject heading did not
correspond. So no-one should be upset with me because it was already in the
public domain.
Thankyou for pointing out the size limit. Tony did also and I'll make sure
emails of that size are not sent in future.
Regards
Caroline
-----Original Message-----
From: David McDonald
Sent: Tuesday, 10 August 2010 5:52 PM
To: Eric Wenger
Subject: Note from CanberraBirds list manager (was Re: [canberrabirds]
Pipits, bushlarks and chats)
Hi Caroline. I am the CanberraBirds list manager. Thanks for your
contributions, they have been fine.
I imagine that you sent this email to the list inadvertently as it seems
to be a private conversation between you and Jack. Philip is
(understandably) upset at what Jack said, but that is something between
him and jack..
I am not sure how you came to post this to the list, so I just wanted to
let you know that the settings for the list are:
- if you click on an email's 'reply' option, the reply will go only to
the person who sent you the email
- if you click on 'reply all', it will go to both the full discussion
list and to the person who sent it to you.
I hope that clarifies the process, and please don't be put off by any
small ruckus between Jack & Philip in which you may feel peripherally
involved.
I should also remind you that emails sent to the list should be sized
under 100kB including attachments - that is because some subscribers
have slow internet connections.
Don't hesitate to contact me if you want to discuss any of this.
Best wishes - David
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David McDonald
Canberra Ornithologists Group email lists manager
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E:
On 10/08/2010 9:42 AM, Eric Wenger wrote:
> Dear Jack,
> Don't worry, I'm not offended! I agree it must have been disconcerting to
> have someone say they saw chats and then up pops a photo of a
pipit-looking
> bird. I should have changed the subject heading.
>
> Mount Stromlo is in very close proximity. Did you see the google map that
> Martin Butterfield sent of the area where we saw the chats? The map
> pinpointed the spot fairly accurately. The place is accessed on Coppins
> Crossing Road and is not far from the intersection with Uriarra Road. The
> far side of Uriarra Road is Mt Stromlo and Stromlo pine forest extends all
> the way down to Uriarra Road and then sweeps in a wide arc all the way
back
> round to Coppins Crossing bridge. The area where we saw the birds sort of
> completes the circle of this arc back to Mt Stromlo. This is probably
very
> confusing!
>
> Geoffrey Dabb thinks the 'pipit' bird might be a singing bushlark (see his
> grassland birds entry) - he knew to change the subject heading!!
>
> Caroline.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack and Andrea Holland
> Sent: Monday, 9 August 2010 8:10 PM
> To: Eric Wenger
> Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] White fronted chat
>
> Caroline, please accept our apologies for Philip, he just doesn't seem to
be
>
> able to stop himself, and doesn't seem to understand that our aim is to
> encourage chat line subscribers to post and discuss their sightings.
>
> How far is your spot from Stromlo Forest Park, which is the only place in
> the ACT where White-fronted Chats have been regularly recorded over the
past
>
> 5 years or so? They may have moved a bit due to the much better
conditions.
>
> While your picture is of an Australian Pipit I suspect your mystery bird
is
> a Skylark which does occur at Stromlo FP, and rises very high to call all
> the time in spring (though probably only just starting to do so). It's a
> grassland species as opposed to the Rufous Songlark, a spring migrant
which
> prefers open wooded areas, and has a much more strident call. None have
so
> far been reported, but you could well be the first this spring!
>
> Jack Holland
>
>
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