Re: Australian fires

["Paul Jacobson" thebrunswicktwitcher]

I wasn't aware of that - I had heard Richard Zann had died in the  
fires. He' was best know as "the" authority on Zebra Finches, but I  
see from his list of published papers he'd done work on Zebra Finch  
song.    Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

cheers
Paul

On 14/02/2009, at 2:26 AM, Roy Beckham wrote:

> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/ 
> 0,25197,25042616-5006785,00.html
>
> "Internationally respected ornithologist and birdsong expert Richard
> Zann, 64, had started recording the many songs of the lyrebirds living
> around his forested home in Victoria's Kinglake."
>