Rob,
Probably we won't find out much about Nigh Parrots, as anyone can tell, their
end is Nigh.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
Sent from my iPad
On 06/06/2012, at 11:36, robert morris <> wrote:
>
> The only things I would point out are:
> 1) The Tasmanian Tiger is actually declared extinct. The Night Parrot is
> almost certainly not extinct.2) We know quite a lot about Tasmanian Tigers.
> We know very little about Nigh Parrots.
> It is an analogy which the general public will be able to understand (and
> perhaps be misled by?).....
> Rob Morris
>
>
>
> Brisbane, Australia
>
>
>> From:
>> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 10:41:08 +1000
>> To:
>> CC: ;
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Night Parrot again
>>
>> Andrew, Richard and BAers,
>>
>> From my point of view it makes perfect sense for an article about night
>> parrots to quote both the Tassie Tiger (the most well known "lost species")
>> and budgie (the closest similar well-known bird). Both pieces are for a
>> popular non- birding readership and address this perfectly.
>>
>> In this case I would suspect this is a case of "editorial convergent
>> evolution" as it makes complete sense and logic.
>>
>> I also don't think BA as a forum should be used for accusations of
>> plagiarism either.
>>
>> Cheers all,
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> Ed Williams
>> Kingsville, VIC
>>
>> On 06/06/2012, at 9:52 AM, "Andrew Stafford" <> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Richard,
>>>
>>> I find your email both funny and mildly offensive at once - specifically
>>> your assertion that I've plagiarised John Huxley's Brisbane Times report
>>> from 2007. Mildly offensive because I was under the strong impression at
>>> the time that Huxley had, in fact, come dangerously close to plagiarising
>>> MY original report on the 2006 Night Parrot specimen in the June 2007 issue
>>> of Wingspan! (Which, due to the quarterly publication's long lead time, was
>>> written probably in April-May of that year.) My opening paragraph for that
>>> story reads:
>>>
>>> "On Saturday 17 September 2006, Robert "Shorty" Cupitt, the ranger-on-duty
>>> of Diamantina National Park in south-west Queensland, was grading an
>>> interior road of the reserve when the blade of his vehicle exposed the
>>> yellow underbelly of a bird he didn't recognise."
>>>
>>> Compare that to Huxley's opening paragraph and judge for yourself:
>>>
>>> "THE park ranger Robert "Shorty" Cupitt was repairing a section of track in
>>> a remote part of Diamantina National Park, Queensland, when the blade of
>>> his grader exposed the headless corpse of a bird he could not immediately
>>> identify. The yellow-bellied bird..."
>>>
>>> The issue back then was that neither Birds Australia nor the National Night
>>> Parrot network were informed about the discovery of the 2006 bird by the
>>> Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service - contrary to its own management
>>> plans for the species. I'd suggest you read the rest of the original report
>>> before you start throwing (misspelt) accusations of hypocrisy around...
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Austrlian birding friends. I am research more around the Night Parrot. And
>>> I
>>> find this on the www.
>>>
>>> http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/twitchers-cry-foul-in-case-of-the-deceased-parrot/2007/06/22/1182019367467.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is funny no?
>>>
>>> Why ?
>>>
>>> Well the Age writer has copied same ideas - 'Tasmanian Tiger' and 'Budgie'
>>> from Brisbane Times. 'Dubbed the Tasmanian tiger of the skies, this small,
>>> drab, budgerigar-like bird has fascinated scientists' Naughty naughty! Ha
>>> ha ha
>>>
>>> And more even funny - Birds Australia keep this record secret to hide it
>>> from
>>> birdwatchers 'hunting the bird down.'
>>>
>>> But at 2007 they told us all when dead bird found in Queensland like
>>> chicken
>>> with no head:
>>>
>>> Mike Weston, research and conservation manager at Birds Australia, says the
>>> "incredible secrecy" prevented a concerted inquiry that might have yielded
>>> clues to the birds' habits.
>>> "The way it was handled was most disappointing."
>>>
>>> Ha ha ha - I translate from www it is called 'hypocpacy' No?
>>>
>>> If may be proper bird watcher go to look and see - may be now we now no
>>> more
>>> about the Night Parrot? NO? May be too many chickens run with no heads and
>>> hiding at their desk?
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
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