Night Parrots

Hello Matthew, I’m afraid the Rare bird subforum of Birdforum seems to be inhabited mainly by pedants or twitchers, neither of whom matter very much in the overall scheme of things. John Young has been out in the desert looking for Night Parrots for many years and finally he has found them, and what really matters, raised their public profile. The pictures are just that – pictures, and if they have been edited for public consumption, so be it. There has never been any suggestion that Night Parrots don’t still exist and there are many observations in recent times to support this. What matters more to many people (but not everybody) is their future conservation. Recently elected Liberal/National Governments have shown their true colours and the future for conservation in Australia is looking grim – opening up National Parks to cattle grazing is just one issue, even to hunting (shooting) in NSW! Our only hope may rest with private enterprise – if we want land for conservation purposes, we’ll simply have to buy it. This is already taking place by people like Bush Heritage and AWC (Australian Wildlife Conservancy) albeit on a very small scale. This brings me to my main point. Post #651 in the subforum has gone completely un-noticed. Let us all hope that the reason the world’s richest woman, apart from claiming to have seen a Night Parrot, has spent time on Birdforum not only to join but to post a comment. She may well be interested in the future well-being of the Night Parrot and she alone could make a difference. Regards Graeme Chapman =============================== 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 ===============================