Alan, Don't feel too old. They were still issuing licenses at Griffith under
that name in the early 1990s when I was there. I would have to check whether
it is still happening.
Cheers,
Peter
From: "alan morris" <>
To: <>
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Baldcoots
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:49:30 +1000
Hi Birders,
It worries me that I am so old that I can remember when rice and other
farmers called the Purple Swamp-hen, "Bald Coots". Indeed NPWS would issue
licenses to shoot them for crop protection and they were always referred to
by the farmers as "Bald Coots".
I have JD.McDonald (1987) "The Illustrated Dictorionary of Australian Birds
by Common Name" on my side. See pp 22 viz
"Bald Coot (See Swamphen). Popular name commonly used, source not known;
from bald appearance due to bare frontal shield extending to crown".
No further arguement!
Alan Morris
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