Yeah good points.
Cheers, G
On 14/07/2010, at 2:46 PM, Bill Stent wrote:
> No, I wasn't suggesting that the wind farm at Bald Hills was responsible for
> the extinction of the OBP. After all, there IS no wind farm at Bald Hills.
>
> I was suggesting that preventing the building of said wind farm had utterly
> nothing to do with the decline of the OBP, and that the bird was simply a
> cover for another reason not to build the wind farm.
>
> Bill
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Graham Buchan" <>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:36 PM
> To: "Bill Stent" <>
> Cc: <
>>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] "Nothing funny about this looming dead-parrot
> sketch"
>
>> Bill
>>
>> Its a bit of a stretch suggesting/implying that the Bald Hills wind-farm
>> brought down the OBP. The negligence of the Victorian and Federal
>> Governments - in turn caused by voters wishes - important in this. Bald
>> Hills is irrelevant to the OBP's fate.
>>
>> Hopefully, as you point out, it can be used as an example to shame
>> Governments and ultimately the public to allocate resources to other
>> potential extinctions - wild Gouldian Finches?
>>
>> Cheers, Graham
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14/07/2010, at 1:26 PM, Bill Stent wrote:
>>
>>> The only thing I can add is that if (or, sadly when) the OBP is declared
>>> extinct in the wild, the Victorian and federal governments builds a
>>> whopping great wind farm at Bald Hills as a suitable memorial.
>>>
>>> Out of this, perhaps, some good will come.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Bob Dawson" <>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:09 PM
>>> To: <>; "Birding-Aus Webmaster"
>>> <>
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] "Nothing funny about this looming dead-parrot sketch"
>>>
>>>> For those interested the link below is to an article in the Melbourne Age
>>>> and the National Times regarding the likely extinction of the OBP written
>>>> by
>>>> Debbie Lustig.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/nothing-funny-about-thi
>>>> s-looming-deadparrot-sketch-20100713-109ic.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (It's quite long so if it doesn't all come through as a link you may need
>>>> to
>>>> copy and paste into your browser address field)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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