Confirming rumours that have been circulating now for a few weeks, there has been a claimed sighting of Night Parrot from an undisclosed location in north-west Victoria. The lucky observer is an office-holder with Birdlife Australia and boasts over 30 years experience in the field. However, don’t get too excited: this report is now many weeks old, and follow-up trips to locate the bird (which included Leo Joseph from the National Night Parrot Network) have been unsuccessful. I have written a story, which includes quotes from an interview with the observer, which will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The Age.
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Can someone please put me in touch with the “National Night Parrot Network”?
In the Age today – http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/is-there-life-yet-in-these-exparrots-20120604-1zs82.html
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Well, as others have noticed, it’s not quite in the news yet! I’ve been on a pelagic trip off the Sunshine Coast today (more later on that) but I can only presume the piece has been held over until tomorrow or Monday. (I have no reason to believe it’s been spiked)
Andrew
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Peter,
Sub-editorial staff at Fairfax have been on strike since 31/5/12. Perhaps it will take a day or two for the story to filter down. Unless it gets spiked, of course.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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Did they put the article in? I can’t find it on The Age’s web site.
Peter Shute
________________________________________ Sent: Friday, 1 June 2012 4:42 PM
Confirming rumours that have been circulating now for a few weeks, there has been a claimed sighting of Night Parrot from an undisclosed location in north-west Victoria. The lucky observer is an office-holder with Birdlife Australia and boasts over 30 years experience in the field. However, don’t get too excited: this report is now many weeks old, and follow-up trips to locate the bird (which included Leo Joseph from the National Night Parrot Network) have been unsuccessful. I have written a story, which includes quotes from an interview with the observer, which will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The Age.
Cheers
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Thanks Andrew, Positive to see the recent strike didn’t affect birding stories in Fairfax publications. Cheers, Charles Hunter
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Confirming rumours that have been circulating now for a few weeks, there has been a claimed sighting of Night Parrot from an undisclosed location in north-west Victoria. The lucky observer is an office-holder with Birdlife Australia and boasts over 30 years experience in the field. However, don’t get too excited: this report is now many weeks old, and follow-up trips to locate the bird (which included Leo Joseph from the National Night Parrot Network) have been unsuccessful. I have written a story, which includes quotes from an interview with the observer, which will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The Age.
Cheers
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