Mt Sonder/ Spinifexbird

[Paul Jacobson <>]

A "stobie pole" is a South Australian endemic (designed by James  
Stobie of the Adelaide Electricity Supply Company), so South  
Australians are really quite justified in calling their species  
(stobii??) by that name...
cheers
Paul

On 26/04/2007, at 8:37 AM, Amanda Markham wrote:

> Agreed, but only if we can convince South Australians to stop  
> calling power poles 'Stobie Poles' first!
> Mind you, convincing Territorians to change their ways will not be  
> easy.... We've just got speed limits and you would swear that for  
> some people, it's the end of life on Earth.
> > From: "Greg" <>
> > To: "Amanda Markham" <>, <birding- 
> > >
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mt Sonder/ Spinifexbird
> > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:24:17 +1000
> >
> > A good argument to encourage EVERYONE to accept and use the  
> > 'official' Christidis and Boles names.
> > Otherwise confusion reigns!!!
> >
> > Greg Clancy