Yes, I heard the same item - one of the "experts" interviewed said there would
still be migrants coming into Australia from east Asia at this time of year.
This suprised me a bit - do we still get long-range migrants arriving this
late? If so, which species?
Russell
"Brian Everingham" <> on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 07:38:21 +1100
wrote:
> I was minding my own business, listening to ABC News Radio this morning,
> when a story arose on avian flu and its potential to inflict more harm
> than SARS. The story then reached the realms of the idiotic. A
> veterinary officer in Qld claimed we could have this passed on to
> Australians and therefore humans by migratory birds. Furthermore, the
> poultry spokesperson interviewed seemed to concur. I swallowed hard,
> fearing those dangerous Red Necked Stints coming out of Asia. the new
> Yellow Peril! Is our paranoia with no limits?
>
>
>
> Brian Everingham
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>
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