I think this comes about because of comments made to the list in relation to
the 'removal' of several exotic species over the
last year. If I remember rightly there was indignation at birds being
exterminated before they could be ticked. Now while
birders and twitchers have little or no say as to if and/or when action is
taken it was clear that some wanted no action taken
at all.
Cheers
Graham Turner
On Sat Nov 22 5:08 , John Tongue sent:
>Dear all,
>Somehow in this debate, "Twitchers" seem to have taken over from the
>'Boogeyman' as everybody's whipping boy - a bit like "Union Officials"
>in the last Federal Election Campaign. I don't know of any
>"Twitchers" who would want another aggressive species to become
>established in Australia. However, neither is it up to Twitchers, or
>any other private individual to decide to go and exterminate a given
>bird, especially not one hanging around a children's playground.
>However, while the 'authorities' decide to do about it and when,
>surely there is no harm in those who have not seen this species (and
>who want to) going to see it. That does not make them the devil
>incarnate. By all means, let's try to do all that is within our power
>to prevent further feral invasions, but let's also try to keep some
>perspective.
>
>John Tongue
>Ulverstone,
>Tasmania
>
>On 22/11/2008, at 7:08 AM, peter crow wrote:
>
>> We have just returned from driving through NSW to Victoria and
>> recorded birds we sighted while driving and those we saw in the
>> numerous towns we stopped at.
>>
>> A quick look at he lists suggests that Starlings and/or Sparrows
>> were the most commonly sen birds in towns and in many places,
>> lookouts etc along the Great ocean Road. Blackbirds were common in
>> many places and Mynas were there in numbers but to my surprise not
>> as common as I expected. We didn't visit Canberra.
>>
>> In places there were great numbers of Rock Doves around grain
>> handling facilities.
>>
>> The most commonly seen birds were Galahs and Magpies followed by
>> Ravens and some of the above.
>>
>> While driving many species were missed or too small to be identified
>> at 100 Kmph.
>>
>> In Queensland we have more than enough Mynas and Starlings. A few
>> Blackbirds have been reported and the Toowoomba group is working to
>> find them so the local council can deal with them.
>>
>> The last thing the native birds need is another aggressive
>> competitor in the form of House Crows.
>>
>> In spite of the wishes of some twitchers we should follow WA's
>> example and hunt down and remove (kill) any that arrive here.
>>
>> Do we really want another cane toad?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>
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