I think that whenever someone says something along the lines of "this
is the first/second/third ... ", you need to automatically append "as
far as I know" or similar.
Needless to say, people should always append "as far as I know" when
they make such assertions.
Regards, Laurie.
On Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Bob Forsyth wrote:
G'day all,
1
refer
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21254456-5006786,00.html
2
For even more information, refer to the book >
Bush Safari by Rex Ellis, Rigby, 1982
ISBN 0 7270 1515 X
pages 217 - 219
wherein the author describes Shane Parker's reaction after saying he
had seen a Night Parrot.
" Shane said that a smallish, plump green and yellow parrot with a
short tail had been flushed from under the feet and feeding heads of
the camels.
It had risen several metres, flown a distance of some 30 metres, and
dropped down into the thick bassia again.
...... We ...... beat the whole flat ..... but to no avail. The bird
must have run on the ground in the fashion of a quail.
...... Shane, Malcolm, and John kept searching the area.
...... The sun was setting when the boys came in.
..... John Mason had flushed three more birds that fitted Shane's
description.
Shane did not see them , but Malcolm's claim to fame is that he heard
them fly over his head before dropping again "
3
For info re the April 2005 sighting of 3 Night Parrots in the Pilbara
refer
www.epa.wa.gov.au/docs/cloudbreak/PER_CloudBreak_AppL2.pdf
4
A station manager has related to me how he observed 2 fat budgies
coming into drink at his homestead bore each evening.
This was during a long drought.
At a later time, a retired employee of an adjacent Cattle station gave
me a credible description of similar sightings
Regards from
Bob Forsyth
Mount Isa, NW Qld.
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