No need to retreat to the air-raid shelter, Greg. We're out of town and will
be heading off in the K'van for a few months. There was a Jabiru on the Cowper
swamp as we went past this morning, along with 6 Black Swans.
Will report all Jabiru sightings.
Peter
The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.
> On 14 Aug 2015, at 12:07 pm, Greg and Val Clancy <> wrote:
>
> When I correct a birding friend of mine who is hell bent on referring to our
> Black-necked (Satin) Stork as a Jabiru (a South American stork) he responds
> by saying well the Australian Magpie is not a real magpie, and I agree with
> him. We changed 'warbler' to 'Gerygone' and there have been other changes so
> I propose that, since the Australian Magpie is now in the genus Cracticus
> with the butcherbirds, that we change its name to 'Ground Butcherbird'. I
> am now entering my air raid bunker and securely locking the hatch!!!!
>
> Greg
> Dr Greg. P. Clancy
>
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