At least peacock's are good looking birds. That house crow wasn't much chop.
Was the house crow tickable? I know I have it marked.
2009/11/27 Tony Russell <>
> I think you guys are being a bit negative about all this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To:
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>
>
>
> No help at all, Mark. Will certainly not let you know how I don't get
> on.
>
> Regards,
> Carl
>
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> 'Bill Stent'
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>
> G'day Carl,
>
> To not tick them, then don't go to Wakehurst Pkwy and search the
> undergrowth from the Deep Creek bridge up towards the Sports Academy.
> And to not tick the second population which is best seen at evenings
> around dusk and with some Brush Turkeys, then don't head down Morgan Rd
> @ Oxford Falls and don't look for them near the satellite dishes near
> the small narrow bridge.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>
> > Carl Weber <> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > Where are the 2 populations. I am very keen to not tick them for my
> > Northern
> > Beaches List.
> >
> > I've previously ticked peafowl in Cairns - please tell me that this is
> > OK.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Carl
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of
> >
> > Sent: Friday, 27 November 2009 10:11 AM
> > To: Dave Torr
> > Cc: ; Bill Stent
> > Subject: Re: Re: [!! SPAM] Re: [Birding-Aus] Peafowl
> >
> >
> > Is there a general consensus on this?
> >
> > There are 2 populations of this bird on the Northern Beaches which I
> > think
> > have been around for that time, but I can't prove that, and which I
> > would
> > like to tick, but haven't. But having just ratified my list to be more
> > accurate I don't want to tick unless it's a valid tick.
> >
> > Also, how is the decision made that a certain population at a certain
> > location is now tickable? And if you know of a population that isn't
> > widely known, how do you get that
> > population to be accepted as being there for 10 years so it can be
> > ticked?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > > Dave Torr <> wrote:
> > >
> > > Seems one of the ongoing questions on Birding-Aus is "is xxxx a
> > tickable
> > > population". There seem to be two easy alternatives - either we
> > > count
> > no
> > > introduced birds or we count them all. That would save a lot of
> > > debate
> > I
> > > guess.... :-)
> > > Slightly more seriously - I guess it is very hard for anyone to
> > > determine in
> > > many cases whether the population has been self-sustaining for the
> > > required
> > > period of time (10 years I believe?). How do we know for any of
> these
> > > populations whether or not there have been further releases to boost
>
> > the
> > > population - I recall that someone reckoned the Melbourne Bayside
> > > Barbary
> > > Doves were being replenished by further releases from time to time?
> > Does
> > > being fed artificially stop them being self-sustaining?
> > >
> > >
> > > 2009/11/27 Bill Stent <>
> > >
> > > > I feel somehow that the Melbourne populations aren't tickable, but
> > I'm
> > > > looking for a good reason why not.
> > > >
> > > > I'd be surprised if there were more than a dozen or so, which
> > > > would
> > > suggest
> > > > they might be partially supported by human feeding (although I've
> > got
> > > no
> > > > actual evidence for this).
> > > >
> > > > Bill
> > > >
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