For those interested in this important subject, there has been a good deal of discussion about it in two other forums. Bird Forum: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=260800 &page=6 Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/lbtv354 Thankfully, there are many people out there who believe that the interests of protecting this bird should be paramount. Greg Roberts Thu, 1 Aug 2013 14:16:59 +1000 Several people on this forum are doing precisely what they are accusing others of. Mick Brasher was right to point out Russell Woodford’s advice: “Can I please make the point that dragging up old issues that have been debated, argued and fought over is not likely to resolve them any better this time around.”” Yet that is what Mick, Ian and others are doing in spades. They go further by making slurs again “certain people” being “blacklisted by tour operators” without having either the courage to name those certain people or providing any evidence to support that assertion. It is perfectly reasonable for people to raise legitimate concerns surrounding John Young’s finding, including the future of the bird’s habitat and the distribution of its sound recording. People should be able to raise those concerns without being subject to this sort of nonsense. John’s achievement was wonderful but some folk are forgetting something fundamental: the Night Parrot and its future does not belong to him nor any individual. Greg Roberts ” Several people on this forum are doing precisely what they are accusing others of. Mick Brasher was right to point out Russell Woodford’s advice: “Can I please make the point that dragging up old issues that have been debated, argued and fought over is not likely to resolve them any better this time around.”” Yet that is what Mick, Ian and others are doing in spades. They go further by making slurs again “certain people” being “blacklisted by tour operators” without having either the courage to name those certain people or providing any evidence to support that assertion. It is perfectly reasonable for people to raise legitimate concerns surrounding John Young’s finding, including the future of the bird’s habitat and the distribution of its sound recording. People should be able to raise those concerns without being subject to this sort of nonsense. John’s achievement was wonderful but some folk are forgetting something fundamental: the Night Parrot and its future does not belong to him nor any individual. Greg Roberts” =============================== 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 ===============================
