well said!!
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> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:01:32 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Let's not forget who found the Night Parrot
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> ABSOLUTELY
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Let's not forget who found the Night Parrot
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> With discussion of the capture, release and tracking of the Night Parrot, by
> Dr Steve Murphy ‘the world’s foremost expert on the night parrot’, we seem
> to have forgotten the person that made all this possible.
>
> I attended one of John Young’s talks last year and was captivated by his
> story of 17000 hours searching for the parrot. I was left with the indelible
> impression it was his single-minded perseverance, that he stuck with this
> raison d'être. The rest is history; John found the current population.
>
> I only wish Steve well with the current ecological study – a study which I
> understand John has been excluded. The birding community, however, should
> not allow John to become a footnote to this story. Since John’s exclusion,
> the herculean value of his effort is highlighted by the premise (again my
> understanding) that no new populations of the parrot have been found.
>
> I believe that John’s story of finding a parrot, thought to be extinct, is
> the story. The rest is necessary icing on the cake.
>
> Regards
> Alastair
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