T o Julian B, I was mainly just agreeing with Mike Carters comment on what can happen when interest is lost in the fauna and flora of overseas territories.I was just adding a short comment in agreement as I have read articles on Britains neglect of resposibility regarding their territories in the past.
In general I agree there are differing opinions on what should or should not be counted on Aus lists and I think each to their own when keeping your personal birding list.
David
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Tony Russel
> Greetings Julian. > > Tony > > —–Original Message—– > From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Julian B > Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 8:53 AM > To: ‘Birding Aus’ > Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] RE: [Birding-Aus] Re:Cocos & Christmas Island > Rarities > > Greetings all > > Have I missed something in the current thread? > > It seems to me the thread started as a debate on whether or not birds from > various outlying areas [e.g. Cocos Is., Antarctica, etc.] should be > included > on an Australian list but appears to have diverged into whether or not we > should maintain an interest in the welfare of the birds on these outlying > island/regions [see David Richardson’s recent email]. > > >From where did the divergence emerge? > > The argument was surely one of “counting” offshore territorial birds and > not > one of maintaining an interest in their welfare. > > Why can’t it be okay to NOT COUNT birds from far flung corners on an > Australian list BUT continue to maintain a serious interest in their > welfare; in promoting tourism to these places. Surely all that is needed > is > to count those birds on separate lists. > > In the end, my old sparring marra, Tony Russell, has hit the nail on the > head. As with so many other contentious issues of this nature, be it the > feeding of wild birds, the ownership of a pet cat, etc., all the to-ing and > fro-ing does little to resolve these issues. Those that do, will continue > to do so and those that don’t will continue not to do so. > > As I’ve said before, ours is not an exact pastime; there is no mandatory > regulating body. Each to their own conscience. > > Cheers > > Julian > >From a rather waterlogged backyard > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > ===============================
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