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FW: [canberrabirds] Escape from Monty Python?

from [Geoffrey Dabb] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] Escape from Monty Python?
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:18:48 +1000

In the archive you’ll find intermittent reports on these long-ago disc-flagged trackees, Robin  -  but the EX is  a nice point    g

 

From: Robin Eckermann [
Sent: Wednesday, 25 September 2013 6:28 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Escape from Monty Python?

 

Sorry for the lousy photo (taken at distance on mobile phone) - but I was intrigued to find this Galah in the city with a bold label "EX" stamped on each wing ...

Emacs!

Was this an "ex parrot" that came back to life from Monty Python's famous "dead parrot" sketch, or is someone around town marking birds in this new way. It looked as though the marking had been spray-painted with a stencil onto each wing.

Robin Eckermann

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