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Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity

To: Andrew Bell <>
Subject: Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity
From: Laurie Knight <>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:33:42 +1000
On the subject of twitching, my understanding is that southern penguins that lob up on "mainland" beaches are often in trouble, and are frequently taken into care. Unlike SIPOs etc, they aren't going to join the daily routine of the other shorebirds and hang around for extended periods. I don't know if anyone has kept records of cold system penguins on "mainland" beaches, but it would be interesting to know how many have been available for the ticking trickle for more than 48 hours.

Regards, Laurie.

On 25/06/2011, at 2:22 PM, Andrew Bell wrote:

I certainly didn't interpret simons email that way-I took it as tongue in cheek - twitchers laughing at themselves has become is an established and entertaining literary genre - I don't know any birdwatcher who would seriously wish a bird to be left to suffer in order to get a tick...

Cheers
Andrew


Sent from my cracked iPhone

On 24/06/2011, at 6:34 PM, "Robert Inglis" <> wrote:

As it turns out there was a very good reason why this Emperor Penguin was “taken into captivity”. It was seriously suffering. It should have been obvious to any thinking birdwatcher that an Emperor Penguin very much out of its normal territory could be in trouble. However, it seems that some of our esteemed birdwatchers are more interested in encouraging harassment of the bird rather than its wellbeing.

It seems that twitching rules after all.

Bob Inglis
Sandstone Point
Qld

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