And if I wanted to "commensurate" with you I could say "Their their"
I heard on this mornings news that at Sunday night's NRL Grand final the
Sea-Eagles will verse the Roosters. Looks like poetic justice for one side
or the other.
Roger.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Russell
Sent: Friday, 4 October 2013 11:19 AM
To: 'Martin Butterfield'; 'John Leonard'
Cc: 'Birding-aus'
Subject: Pink-eared Duck
Ah yes, affect and effect. Not enough people understand the difference and
use them incorrectly most of the time. Another set is cite, sight, and site.
Out with the dictionaries .
T
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Martin
Butterfield
Sent: Friday, 4 October 2013 8:40 AM
To: John Leonard
Cc: Birding-aus
Subject: Pink-eared Duck
Of more interest may be that I thought, with some satisfaction,that the Game
Council had been disbanded or abolished. see
http://www.gamecouncil.nsw.gov.au/ - note first sentence under "*IMPORTANT
NOTICE - ORANGE OFFICES CLOSED"*
*
*
Martin
On 4 October 2013 08:46, John Leonard <> wrote:
> Being the pedant I am I would reply to the NSW Government and say if
> the behaviour of this duck "effects rice growth", then what's the problem?
>
> John Leonard
>
> On 4 October 2013 08:42, Neville Schrader OAM <>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've got an interesting reply from the NSW Government in relation to
> > recent amendments to the Game and feral Animal Control Act 2002.
> >
> > The contents of the letter in justifying adding the Pink-eared Duck,
> > was to quote "evidence suggests that this species may not eat seed
> > but they
> may
> > land in crops in groups and create muddy water which effects rice
> > growth and also create open patches which are then used by seed
> > eating ducks to access crops." A lot of maybe's, but no evidence.
> > Does anyone know of any studies on ducks in rice crop, carried out
> > recently or in the last few years, that provide evidence to these
allegations.
> >
> > The interest conclusion to the letter intrigued me, suggesting that
> > I contact the game council if I wished to discuss this issue
> > further. I thought the Government run the state. Maybe I'm wrong.
> >
> > If I was a spoonbill I'd step lightly from now on.
> >
> > Neville
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