Well, it was on. I was heavily edited (I expected no less) and so looked as
though I was saying almost the opposite of what I said.
BTW. I just checked Slibley and Alquist and they place Chickens and Brush
Turkeys in different Orders, from DNA, and point to 100 myr for the split!
(dog - cow hybrid?). The mound builders are related to North American Guans
and it is obviously a very ancient split indeed.
I have been told that the Chinese use Black Chickens for Medicine.
Tim Murphy
-----Original Message-----
From: Behalf
Of Tim Murphy
Sent: Friday, 29 December 2006 1:35 PM
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Subject: [BQ_Forum] For a laugh - Tim Murphy may be on Chanel 10 Brisbane
tonight
About three weeks ago I received a report that a Brush Turkey / Chicken
hybrid has been reported in Ashgrove. It was a haunting a Brush Turkey
mound
and generally in company with one.
I went over and photographed the bird and studied the pictures at leisure.
I
determined that the bird was a melanistic chicken, not an hybrid, reported
this to the original reporter and dropped the matter.
This morning I received a phone call from Channel 10, apparently
pilgrimages
are being made to the site. I gave a long interview to a reporter,
explaining why I believed that it was not an hybrid but a chook, and
showed
them the bird.
If it is a slow news day I should be on after 5 today on Channel 10. You
can
watch it for a laugh.
The photo of the bird is on the Birds Queensland Web Site
http://www.birdsqueensland.org.au/
Another (larger) photo is on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_murphy/327884671/
Opinions welcome. Am I wrong?
Tim Murphy
PS. For Reoez - sorry - no mention of Peak Oil.
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