On this subject...has anyone heard the radio ad for O'Rielly's Rainforest
Retreat up at Lamingtion? I have been there heaps and never run into the suite
of North American passerines singing in the background. I would have thought
they would have known better!
Cheers,
Roger
Samford Valley, BNE QLD
On 18/04/2012, at 2:24 PM, "Philip Veerman" <> wrote:
> I didn't see that (I'm not in Melbourne). I hope you wrote to the Fairfax
> press about this, rather than just to us. Or even to Media Watch (ABC TV).
> I have at least twice written to Media Watch about dopey things I have seen
> on TV or newspapers and Media Watch has commented on the goof as the intro
> story. They may bypass the honeyeater mix up, as most people would, but if
> it suggested that Tasmanian Devil was one of Victoria's threatened species,
> well that could get an airing on Media Watch, as that is a big dumb goof.
>
> For what it is worth, some years ago a TV news ran a story about Regent
> Honeyeater, most of which was correct but some footage slipped in was of a
> New Holland Honeyeater and another one on Canberra's effort to control the
> Common Myna, most of which was correct, that included, unexplained short
> film of a Noisy Miner. Then there is the current ad on ABC TV for their new
> zoos program that includes the most nauseous fill in of all, whilst showing
> the Condor, the call of American Red-tailed Hawk that seems to feature
> almost whenever any raptor is shown.
>
> Philip
>
>
> -----Original Message-----From:
> On Behalf Of Michael
> Tarburton
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2012 8:38 AM To: Birding Aus Subject:
> [Birding-Aus] Victoria's Bird Emblem?
>
>
> OK which one of you:
>
> misidentified the photo the Fairfax press published in their 72 page
> "junk-mail" Melbourne Weekly, distribution to East Melbourne in the
> last week?
>
> Or maybe they did not ask any of you and left it up to their educated
> journalists to get the correct photo to go with the Conservation story.
>
> Whatever the procedure, the photo is of a Regent Honeyeater, placed
> next to the photo of Melbourne Zoo's executive director.
>
> They say in this cover story that "It's as cute as a button and our
> state emblem to boot ... but the Leadbeater's Possum is in danger of
> extinction. Kathryn Kernohan talks to some of the people fighting to
> save Victoria's threatened species".
>
> I did not know that the Tasmanian Devil was one of Victoria's
> threatened species either. Amazing what you can learn from the press.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Mike
>
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