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Fwd: finches

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Subject: Fwd: finches
From: Joseph Morlan <>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 07:44:11 -0800
For those who missed the original image, it was this one (without the
watermark)....

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-131249246/stock-photo-gouldian-finch-colorful-birds-taking-a-bath-near-the-waterfall.html


On Mon, 5 Jan 2015 16:56:00 +1100, SeanDooley <>
wrote:

>Forgot to cc the group in to my response to Susan.
>
>Sean
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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>Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: SeanDooley <>
>> Date: 5 January 2015 4:29:00 pm AEDT
>> To: Susan Knowles <>
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] finches
>> 
>> Hi Susan, 
>> 
>> The image is one that was purchased from a stock photo agency called 
>> Shutterstock and is clearly from an aviary situation. The bird alongside the 
>> two Gouldians is I think, a Tricolored Parrotfinch whose natural range is 
>> Timor and surrounding islands. 
>> 
>> The photo reflects the cobbled together nature of the whole piece which is a 
>> mish mash of facts, some probably not all that accurate. 
>> 
>> As editor of Australian Birdlife I have to heed the notion of not throwing 
>> stones when living in glasshouses but it is disappointing whenever something 
>> goes out about birds to a general audience that is not up to scratch. 
>> 
>> Mea culpa: I have just discovered a caption error in the December issue 
>> where we labelled a White-throated Treecreeper as a Brown- a case of a last 
>> minute editorial change that wasn't checked after the initial proof. So we 
>> can all get it wrong occasionally but this one is a bit hard to take. 
>> 
>> Sean Dooley
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 5 Jan 2015, at 2:44 pm, Susan Knowles <> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sorry
>>> http://oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/outdoors/2014/12/best-places-to-bird-watch/
>>> Susan Knowles
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 5 Jan 2015, at 2:13 pm, Dave Torr <> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Which article? Where is the photo?
>>>> 
>>>> On 5 Jan 2015 13:06, "Susan Knowles" < 
>>>> <>> wrote:
>>>> I saw an article on birdwatching places in Australia and wonder what the 
>>>> bird on the right in the accompanying photo is?
>>>> Susan Knowles
>>>>  <> 
>>>> < <m("aapt.net.au","sknowles46");">>>
>>>> Susan Knowles
>>>>  <>
>>>> 
>>>> 
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