Chris Sanderson mentioned that they would have to be "wild-type Black-throated
Finches with white rumps", implying, I assume, that these aren't as readily
available.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brian fleming
> Sent: Sunday, 6 May 2012 7:32 PM
> To: Peter Shute;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bimblebox finches
>
> 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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