My guess would be that the population is possibly no longer considered
self-sustaining. When you visit Northam Weir they don't strike you as being
particularly "wild"
Cheers,
Peter
From: L&L Knight <>
To: "birding-aus" <>
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] The new C&B list
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:31:29 +1000
Why would the Mute Swan be affected by the revised taxonomy? I would
assume its taxonomic classification is not being changed.
Regards, Laurie.
On Sunday, August 19, 2007, at 01:20 PM, Mike Carter wrote:
Assuming that I don't lose Mute Swan, on the info you provide, the new C &
B would give me 7 ticks taking me to 799! So no 800 birders in Australia
just yet! But with trips to Torres Strait and Ashmore Reef in October, and
the possibility of one more twitch this year, I'd be disappointed if I
wasn't there by 2008!
To see Barbary Dove, get Mike Norris, doyen of Bayside birds, Melbourne,
to show you a nest with a sitting bird when next he finds one before he
destroys it!
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza VIC 3930
Tel (03) 9787 7136
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