FYI
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From: Suzanne EDGAR [
Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2018 11:07 AM
To: 'Dr David Rosalky' <>
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] A post-modern hollow
I thought it meant highfalutin arcane aca bullshit
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From: Dr David Rosalky
Sent: Monday, 10 September 2018 9:48 PM
To: 'Canberrabirds' <>
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] A post-modern hollow
Sprung!
I haven’t got a clue what post-modern means but I think I now know that it doesn’t relate to a nest in a broken street lamp. Pity.
From: David McDonald (personal)
Sent: Monday, 10 September 2018 9:06 PM
To: Canberrabirds <>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] A post-modern hollow
The many sociologists on this list are probably scratching their heads trying to work out how a broken street light, with a myna nest in it, is aptly describes as 'post-modern'.
The appellation perhaps reflects the contested definitions of post-modernism?
David
On 2018-09-09 17:17, Dr David Rosalky wrote:
A pair of Common Mynas in my street in Deakin has chosen a broken street light for a nesting hollow. The shield glass has broken leaving a fair-sized,
if rather jagged, opening.
I can’t see exactly what stage they are at but it appears there is grass and other nesting material in the light; I have seen one bird in the nest
and one on top of the post with a large insect in its bill; I have seen both birds in the nest.
But I have not seen incubation or feeding activity yet. So I am not sure if they yet have eggs in the light. I’ll keep watching.
David Rosalky
