Hi Philip
Obviously you are not familiar with Monty Python.
‘We used to dream of having binoculars and a field guide’,
I now find the concept of collecting bird’s eggs repulsive.
At the time the skill was to locate the nests.
Only one egg per species was taken so I am sure the impact was negligible.
Less than 40 eggs over a 5 year period is hardly going to decimate the
population, especially when there was an abundance of birds.
This was birdwatching in the 60s.
Cliff (silly old ex pom) Dent
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From: Philip Veerman
Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2007 7:30 PM
To: Cliff & Dianne Dent
Cc: Birding-aus (E-mail)
Subject: Egg Collectors
Sorry Cliff but that is a somewhat silly question. I, for one, can honestly
say I have never collected bird's eggs in England in the 60s! I never
collected bird's eggs anywhere. More to the point, I can honestly say that I
have never done anything in England. I have never been out of Australia. So
what? Nothing.
Mainly in my school age days in the 1970s, I did collect feathers and
various other things and have a permit for it and never harmed a bird in
doing so. I do recall seeing egg collections in the 1970s but I was never
interested in doing that. Even then the habit was frowned upon. I suspect
that the issue is now a minor one in the majority of cases.
I have removed the "?" in the subject, because I can't understand how "Egg
Collectors" is a question.
Philip
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