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Bimblebox finches

To: Peter Shute <>,
Subject: Bimblebox finches
From: brian fleming <>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 19:31:58 +1000
I am sure Black-throated Finches are readily available in avicultural circles - where people are probably still calling them 'Blackhearts'.

Certainly when I was a kid they were often seen in bird-dealers' shops and stalls. I have no idea what is paid for a pair these days.

Anthea Fleming

On 4/05/2012 7:55 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
If there was proof that this had happened then surely we'd have heard about it 
from Clive Palmer. If there's no proof then how did this story start -someone 
saw something suspicious, or someone just thought up a good story?

Are Black-throated Finches commonly kept in captivity so that someone could do 
this? And could a captured bird be identified as released, either by appearance 
or by DNA testing? If so then there's so much money available from interested 
parties to do so that surely it would have been done by now.

Peter Shute

-----Original Message-----
From:  [birding-aus-
 On Behalf Of Ian May
Sent: Thursday, 3 May 2012 8:44 PM
To: Grahame Rogers
Cc: 
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Bimblebox finches

Heard late one night recently during a talkback session on a fading
mainland radio station (I think 7CC?), a caller talking about
opposition
to coal seem gas extraction. He stated "it was well known that
activists
were responsible for releasing captive bred Black-throated Finches into
the wild at Brimblebox, to reinforce arguments for protection". Has
anyone on the list heard details and is there any truth to this?

Ian

St Helens, Tasmania



Grahame Rogers wrote:

See the email from Bimblebox Nature Refuge below. The issue of mining
in a Nature Refuge calls for a strong response.

Grahame Rogers| Convenor

BirdLife Southern Queensland
44 Emu Creek Road, Crows Nest, QLD 4355
T07 4698 1727
<>  |
birdlife.org.au<http://birdlife.org.au>

ABN 75 149 124 744

Hello everyone
The heat is on
When they are scared, they lie!
I have just heard the

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2012/05/clive-palmer-showman-or-
savvy.html?site=brisbane&program=612_morning


podcast (go to 19min and 20'') and I am outraged and amazed of how
many lies Palmer can pack up in such a short time!

We were ready to dismiss it as 'Palmer's usual lies' to obtain what
he
wants, that is the Mining Lease, so by bad mouthing Bimblebox yet
again (he has done it before) ppl will start to believe in the lie,
thus giving him the 'social licence' to destroy it. The problem is
that the perception that ppl will have of Bimblebox now could change.

Paola


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