Yes, indeed. A few years ago I wrote a letter to the "National Aboriginal
Community Controlled Health Organisation" in which I politely chastised them
for using a very obvious image of the Bald Eagle as their emblem. They
quickly wrote a rude letter back to me, basically telling me to butt out,
that my opinions and advice about birds and symbolism was irrelevant to
them. A few months later, they changed it to a Wedge-tailed Eagle..........
http://www.naccho.org.au/ I didn't get any thanks...........
My problem with Wedge-tailed Eagle as a national bird, is that it is so
close to the Golden Eagle, that is the national bird of so many other
places. Plus of course the really impressive Philippine Eagle & Harpy Eagle
of other countries. It is best to be something really distinctive, even in a
simple piece of artwork.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
John Harris
Sent: Saturday, 21 March 2015 9:31 PM
To: John Tongue
Cc:
Subject: National Bird
If a Wedgie was to be the national bird, we may as well become the 52 state
of the USA (considering many consider Puerto Rico as the 51st)..... The Bald
Eagle is so often used in graphics, logos etc for Australian designs... May
designers cannot tell the difference???
*Yours in all things* "*GREEN"*
*John Harris BASc, GDipEd*
*Croydon, Vic*
* Director - Wildlife Experiences Pty LtdPrincipal Ecologist/Zoologist*
*Nature Photographer* *Wildlife Guide*
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*0409090955*
*President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria* *(www.fncv.org.au
<http://www.fncv.org.au/>)*
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