Re: A light-hearted follow-up to the phalarope affair.

[Paul Taylor <>]

Dr Richard Nowotny wrote:
> 
> Following my outline to birding-aus of the official requirements for
> visiting Werribee (Sewage) Farm I actually renewed my own Access
> Permit.
> Imagine my joy on noting that the permit is authorised by the Manager
> of the Western Treatment Plant, one Tony CRAPPER (!!!??).  One can
> only hope that this is a light touch from a particularly wry
> bureaucrat somewhere in the bowels (!!??) of the Melbourne Water
> Corporation.  Hardly a serious contribution to this august forum, but
> I couldn't resist.

I wonder if he is any relation to Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the
first flush toilet?  ("Crapper's Valveless Water Waste Preventor" -
1837)

New Scientist had a long running series of such names in the back
of the magazine; does anyone have any examples of bird-related names?

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