I would say that the removal of feral animals from Macquarie Island was a
pretty good avian achievement. It would be good if it could be replicated in
many other key nesting areas.
Regards, Laurie.
On 29 Aug 2015, at 7:47 pm, Charles <> wrote:
> What other achievements in the last 2-3 decades are there?
>
> Interested to know what people think other avian achievements (in Australia)
> that may compare.
>
> Cheers,
> Charles Hunter
> +61 402 907 577
>
>> On 29 Aug 2015, at 6:29 pm, martin cachard <> wrote:
>>
>> Well said, Penny.
>>
>> All I can add to what you have said is that, in my opinion, John Young's
>> finding and documentation of the Night Parrot is perhaps THE Australian
>> avian achievement of the decade!!
>>
>> martin cachard.
>>
>> trinity beach.
>>
>> cairns.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> To:
>>> From:
>>> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 18:18:12 +1000
>>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] How has the Night Parrot survived in south-west
>>> Queensland?
>>>
>>> I was on a tour led by John Young in 2007, and he then told us about his
>>> plans to concentrate on a particular area in Queensland where he had
>>> heard of Night Parrots being present in the past, and where he felt he
>>> was most likely to find them. He intended to spend as much time as
>>> possible over at least 5 years out there, sitting on "jump ups" in the
>>> chilly dark (frosty out there mid year) and just listening.
>>>
>>> So I was not surprised when I read that he had succeeded. Very few
>>> people would have the dedication, knowledge, understanding of the bush
>>> and freedom to spend that much time sitting out there in the dark in the
>>> hope of hearing a Night Parrot. He is an amazing person and should get
>>> every recognition for his achievement. The fact that others are now
>>> undertaking the scientific studies is irrelevant. In my opinion he is
>>> not the person for that work, he has other things that he is more
>>> qualified to do, like find rare birds in the first place!
>>>
>>> It was the Australian avian achievement of 2014.
>>>
>>> Penny Drake-Brockman
>>> Gloucester NSW
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> You might want to change the length of John Young’s Night Parrot search
>>>> from 6 years as you wrote in your blog, to 15 years. I was fortunate
>>>> enough to hear Mr. Young talk about the Night Parrot in Melbourne this
>>>> past March and he stated that he had searched for 15 years.
>>>>
>>>> I actively use social media and can assure you that John is very rarely on
>>>> Facebook at all. What comments he may have made on other’s posts in which
>>>> he was tagged, certainly should not be called... “taking to social media
>>>> to distance himself from the project.” John has not “taken” to anything.
>>>> You presented several quotes from John which are taken out of context and
>>>> used in your blog. I am a Facebook friend of John’s and have just searched
>>>> up and down his timeline and cannot find those quotes.
>>>>
>>>> In my opinion, it seems that your blog is trying to distance the project
>>>> from John Young, rather than visa versa. These are just my opinions.
>>>>
>>>> R. Bruce Richardson
>>>> Torquay, VIC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 29, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Greg Roberts <>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a news story and feature published in today's edition of The
>>>>> Weekend
>>>>> Australian which explores why the parrot has managed to hang on at the
>>>>> site
>>>>> in south-west Queensland where it is presently being studied, and looks at
>>>>> measures to control feral cats. Most of this material is behind the
>>>>> paper's
>>>>> paywall; the transcript can be read in the following blog post:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/night-parrot-news_29.html
>>>>>
>>>>> If that link doesn't work, try this:
>>>>>
>>>>> *http://tinyurl.com/nd8wg3z <http://tinyurl.com/nd8wg3z>*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg Roberts
>>>>> http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/
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