see http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/australian-birds-have-cocky-attitude-2274551.html
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I just read it as it was writ. As for journalistic habits, I will stay schtum, lest I draw wrath from on high.
Carl Clifford
Carl’s comment probably comes from this extract:
“The noisy miner, a native with a distinctive, high-pitched call also known as a ‘squeaker’, and the koel, a large cuckoo bird, are the most common troublemakers.
The problem is that they are nocturnal birds. I personally like their sound, but some people don’t,” Davis said.”
It only appears to include Noisy Miners as the nocturnal birds (they aren’t) only because the sentence structure is confusing. The implication is that it says Koels are. Which is certainly correct in terms of their calling. What Carl has interpreted arises from the annoying journalistic habit of joining sentences when they shouldn’t and making one sentence paragraphs and thus losing the right connections of ideas.
Philip
Yes, I see. I think it is most likely the latter. Must take a good torch if I go birding in the UK, because that means their birds must be nocturnal, as well. All very inconvenient for birders.
A bird that stirs during the night, must, ipso facto, be a nocturnal bird. Either that, or birds that are active when it is dark in the UK must by definition be nocturnal.
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Koels and Noisy Miners nocturnal birds? The bulk of Sydney’s parrots are part of a colony that used to enjoy the wetlands that existed prior to settlement? All I can say is Oh Dear. At least they didn’t mention the Drop Bears and Sabre-toothed Antichinus. Perhaps they were the subject of an earlier article.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
see http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/australian-birds-have-cocky-attitude-2274551.html
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An Australian perspective of the royal wedding. see
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/201104/programs/LE1048H001D2011-04-29T190000.htm?program=Chaser%27s%20Royal%20Wedding%20Commentary
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A bird that stirs during the night, must, ipso facto, be a nocturnal bird. Either that, or birds that are active when it is dark in the UK must by definition be nocturnal.
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