I’m referring to the “unidentified calls” that were played back and which elicited a response from an unidentified bird.
Peter Shute
________________________________ From: Simon Mustoe [mailto:simonmustoe@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2011 10:38 AM To: Peter Shute; birding-aus@vicnet.net.au Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Last ‘definite’ record of Night Parrot on proposed mining site
The ‘recording’ referred to was a recorded sighting. Probably should read ‘confirmed record’. As far as I am aware, no recordings were obtained.
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> From: pshute@nuw.org.au > To: simonmustoe@hotmail.com; birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 09:52:31 +1000 > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Last ‘definite’ record of Night Parrot on proposed mining site > > Does anyone know any more details about the recording referred to in that article? (“playback of one of these calls elicited a response, on at least two occasions a bird was heard flying past at about head-height and then landed in the Spinifex”.) > > I wasn’t aware there were any recordings of NP. I assume this recording can’t definitely be attributed to NP, but has anyone worked out what else it might be, and is it available? > > Peter Shute > > > —–Original Message—– > > From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au > > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of > > Simon Mustoe > > Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2011 8:24 AM > > To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Last ‘definite’ record of Night Parrot > > on proposed mining site > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Just a reminder to follow up on Nathan’s posting last week. > > Just days left to put in a submission on the FMG proposal. > > > > An article here goes through the mail points: > > http://bird-o.com/2011/05/09/a-shot-in-the-dark-night-parrot-e > > vidence-at-a-proposed-mine-site/. > > > > Can I make an appeal to anyone who does decide to do a submission? > > > > 1. TRY NOT to be tempted to criticise the consultants. The > > report is well-enough produced and the consultants are well > > respected. There are a few places where the report can, > > naturally, be questioned. Nothing is ever perfect. To focus > > on small problems however, will not make a difference to the outcome. > > 2. Read the above article and recognise that the issue here > > is not about the impact assessment science, it is about how > > the decision-makers decide to effect the precautionary > > principle for a critically endangered species when there is > > practically no evidence for an impact assessment. > > > > Because this decision doesn’t lie with the developer or the > > consultants and because it could test a fundamental objective > > of Australia’s social and environmental legislation, > > submissions need to be backed by a peak body. One can only > > hope that Birds Australia or any another representative > > conservation group has decided to make their position known > > and properly understood the implications. > > > > Regards, > > > > Simon. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Simon Mustoe > > Tel: +61 (0) 405220830 | Skype simonmustoe | Email > > simonmustoe@ecology-solutions.com.au > > > > Visit BIRD-O at http://www.bird-o.com > > Follow BIRD-O on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/birdodotcom > > Like BIRD-O on Facebook? Visit > > http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Bird-O/117732794921095 > > Email BIRD-O at info@bird-o.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > =============================== > > > > 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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