Fwd: finches

Forgot to cc the group in to my response to Susan. Sean Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: SeanDooley <sdooley@bigpond.net.au> > Date: 5 January 2015 4:29:00 pm AEDT > To: Susan Knowles <sknowles46@aapt.net.au> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] finches > > Hi Susan, > > The image is one that was purchased from a stock photo agency called Shutterstock and is clearly from an aviary situation. The bird alongside the two Gouldians is I think, a Tricolored Parrotfinch whose natural range is Timor and surrounding islands. > > The photo reflects the cobbled together nature of the whole piece which is a mish mash of facts, some probably not all that accurate. > > As editor of Australian Birdlife I have to heed the notion of not throwing stones when living in glasshouses but it is disappointing whenever something goes out about birds to a general audience that is not up to scratch. > > Mea culpa: I have just discovered a caption error in the December issue where we labelled a White-throated Treecreeper as a Brown- a case of a last minute editorial change that wasn’t checked after the initial proof. So we can all get it wrong occasionally but this one is a bit hard to take. > > Sean Dooley > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 5 Jan 2015, at 2:44 pm, Susan Knowles <sknowles46@aapt.net.au> wrote: >> >> Sorry >> http://oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/outdoors/2014/12/best-places-to-bird-watch/ >> Susan Knowles >> sknowles46@aapt.net.au >> >> >> >>> On 5 Jan 2015, at 2:13 pm, Dave Torr <davidtorr@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Which article? Where is the photo? >>> >>> On 5 Jan 2015 13:06, “Susan Knowles” <sknowles46@aapt.net.au sknowles46@aapt.net.au>> wrote: >>> I saw an article on birdwatching places in Australia and wonder what the bird on the right in the accompanying photo is? >>> Susan Knowles >>> sknowles46@aapt.net.au sknowles46@aapt.net.au> sknowles46@aapt.net.au sknowles46@aapt.net.au>> >>> Susan Knowles >>> sknowles46@aapt.net.au sknowles46@aapt.net.au> >>> >>> >>> >>>