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House Crow and ship assists blah blah

To: "Philip A. Veerman" <>
Subject: House Crow and ship assists blah blah
From: Laurie & Leanne Knight <>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:50:35 +1000
Philip A. Veerman wrote:
> 
<snip>  

> Of course others will have different views but I for one think blah
> about any more on this issue.
> 

Come now, birders love to chew the fat.  My experience as a bushwalking
birder is that when conventional birders meet at a carpark or at the
edge of a lake or on the mudflats, they will yak incessently.

On the subject of ticking, I think there are philosophically defensible
positions at the extreme ends of the issue.  You either list only
Australian natives, or you tick any species seen within Australian
territory [as long as it has a pulse or isn't in a cage].  This means
that any sort of pheasant, chook, guinea fowl, kiwi, macaw, blue jay,
hummingbird, parakeet, love bird, nightingale, puffin, vulture, weaver
bird or house crow seen moving around [ie not nailed to a perch] is fair
game for the pot [er list].

Any philosophical position between these two extremes is somewhat
dubious and the logical equivalent of believing in the giant pumpkin
[sorry Linus].

Therefore, those of you who count ticks on lists [obviously not everyone
in this newsgroup] may as well have two lists [or books as any indecent
accountant would do] to reflect the maxima and minima of your twitching.

Regards, Laurie.
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