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Re: Whoops and Yoshy's Principle

To: "Andrew Stafford" <>, <>
Subject: Re: Whoops and Yoshy's Principle
From: "Alan Gillanders" <>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:43:00 +1000
Peter, Andrew x2 and birding-ausers,
 
As a National Park Volunteer I drew the attention of those on my guided walk to one of our endemic birds flying straight at us. No sooner had I spoken than I was changing feet! It was a common enough, wide spread species.
 
One of my guests does the same sort of volunteering in the Jordan Valley and told me of Yoshy's Principle - if the bird is flying towards you, say "Look, this might be a ...," but if it is going away (and unlikely to turn back) you shout " There goes the rare endemic ....!"
 
He who has never been wrong, has never been anything.
 
Regards,
Alan
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