I think it is wise to avoid rehearsing the underlying ‘ íssue’, if that is the request. It is all there in the archive. I thought we had a truce on myna rage. g From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Saturday, 23 April 2011 7:13 PM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc: Pam Handyside; ; chat line;
Subject: [canberrabirds] Re: MYNA PHOTOS Philip's response pretty much summarise my intention. It is particularly good having just come from Keith McEnery's session at the National Folk Festival presenting most of the pro-Kelly side of the analogy!
Martin On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote: I don't see a response from anyone else, so here is mine. Yes of course it is a perfectly reasonable request. That doesn't reduce the humour or satire on Martin's comment. Yes we would be better if all the Mynas could be eliminated from Australia. Programs like CIMAG are doing very well. I don't know what inspired Martin's comment but this is my opinion on why I thought it was funny. It is a really off beat response but it immediately reminded me of that song about "Blame it on the Kellys" (lots of info on that available via Google), which was on that Ned Kelly movie with Mick Jagger. In that song every bad thing that happened could be blamed on the Kellys. That seemed a bit like Bruce's request, even though yes the Mynas presumably do all of those things, as do some native birds (do some of those things). -----Original Message-----From: Pam Handyside [mailto:m("bigpond.com","pamhandyside");" target="_blank">] Sent: Friday, 22 April 2011 4:22 PM To: 'martin butterfield'; m("bigpond.net.au","blaags");" target="_blank"> Cc: 'chat line'; m("indianmynaaction.org.au","chat");" target="_blank">; m("birdsaustralia.com.au","s.dooley");" target="_blank"> Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] MYNA PHOTOS Am I missing something here? This is a perfectly reasonable request. And the issue is…..? What about photos of them helping old ladies across the road or feeding the starving poor?
Martin On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:25 AM, <m("bigpond.net.au","blaags");" target="_blank">> wrote: COG & CIMAG chat line users, I am working with the editor of Birds Australia’s quarterly magazine “Wingspan”, on preparation of an article on Common (Indian) mynas. We are interested in finding high quality “action” photographs of mynas attacking native species, displacing them from nesting hollows or nest-boxes, flocking over food scraps, fouling or invading outdoor food areas, raiding pet-food, attacking pets or something similar. |
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