On this subject…has anyone heard the radio ad for O’Rielly’s Rainforest Retreat up at Lamingtion? I have been there heaps and never run into the suite of North American passerines singing in the background. I would have thought they would have known better!
Cheers,
Roger Samford Valley, BNE QLD On 18/04/2012, at 2:24 PM, “Philip Veerman”
> I didn’t see that (I’m not in Melbourne). I hope you wrote to the Fairfax > press about this, rather than just to us. Or even to Media Watch (ABC TV). > I have at least twice written to Media Watch about dopey things I have seen > on TV or newspapers and Media Watch has commented on the goof as the intro > story. They may bypass the honeyeater mix up, as most people would, but if > it suggested that Tasmanian Devil was one of Victoria’s threatened species, > well that could get an airing on Media Watch, as that is a big dumb goof. > > For what it is worth, some years ago a TV news ran a story about Regent > Honeyeater, most of which was correct but some footage slipped in was of a > New Holland Honeyeater and another one on Canberra’s effort to control the > Common Myna, most of which was correct, that included, unexplained short > film of a Noisy Miner. Then there is the current ad on ABC TV for their new > zoos program that includes the most nauseous fill in of all, whilst showing > the Condor, the call of American Red-tailed Hawk that seems to feature > almost whenever any raptor is shown. > > Philip > > > —–Original Message—–From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Michael > Tarburton > Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2012 8:38 AM To: Birding Aus Subject: > [Birding-Aus] Victoria’s Bird Emblem? > > > OK which one of you: > > misidentified the photo the Fairfax press published in their 72 page > “junk-mail” Melbourne Weekly, distribution to East Melbourne in the > last week? > > Or maybe they did not ask any of you and left it up to their educated > journalists to get the correct photo to go with the Conservation story. > > Whatever the procedure, the photo is of a Regent Honeyeater, placed > next to the photo of Melbourne Zoo’s executive director. > > They say in this cover story that “It’s as cute as a button and our > state emblem to boot … but the Leadbeater’s Possum is in danger of > extinction. Kathryn Kernohan talks to some of the people fighting to > save Victoria’s threatened species”. > > I did not know that the Tasmanian Devil was one of Victoria’s > threatened species either. Amazing what you can learn from the press. > > Cheers > > > Mike > > =================== > Prof Michael Tarburton > tarburton.m@optusnet.com.au > =================== > > =============================== > > 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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