I agree, I think that Australian birdlife is entering a catastrophic downward spiral. Everywhere I visit (in COG's area of interest and elsewhere) I find it difficult to find the species I used to find easily.
I think Birdlife Australia could do a third Atlas very easily, by simply crunching data from eBird and then making a call for observations not in ebird.
And it would be horrifying.
John L
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 10:05, Mark Clayton via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
The world is starting to go totally stupid!! You can’t change history no matter what you do!
If Birdlife Australia wants something to do then surely it is time to do a third atlas. I think everyone would get a huge shock as to what is actually happening to our birds.
I wonder if the names for Sydney, Melbourne, Perth etc have historic issues anywhere in the past. Now that could
really make for an interesting discussion. As Don Fletcher noted, what about Banks(ias)!!
Mark
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My main take from Geoffrey's post is that these people in Birdlife Australia must have too much time on their hands. If such a proposition makes it to the Birdlife Priority List it must surely
be in a position with 5 digits to the left of a decimal point.
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 08:45, Lia Battisson <> wrote:
Thank you Geoffrey,
Always the one to teach us something! I had never heard of Rainbow Brite! Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to
all Discussion List subscribers.
On 22 Dec 2022, at 08:29, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:
I notice that this chatline is going through one of its quieter periods. Here is some news, then. There is a debate going on within Birdlife Australia about whether to eliminate all personal
bird names, that is English bird names that refer to people. Example are Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo, Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo and Australia King-Parrot. The reason is that people see a strong case to change some names, like the Major’s cockatoo, but no
easy way to decide whether other names recalling Australia’s colonial past should remain or go. There is a similar debate going on in North America. This is not an easy matter to resolve, as there are so many opinions out there. More will be heard about
this, I’m sure.
To offer a little graphic relief, I have the below observation from last week, from the backyard.
I’m pretty sure ‘Rainbow Lorikeet’ is not a personal name, but, as there is a strong generational flavour in all this, anyone with a 1980s childhood might see the Rainbow Brite connection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp74T9b4Z40&ab_channel=CartoonIntros
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