National Bird – Night Parrot

Using Tony’s brilliant idea, we should be lobbying for the Night Parrot to be our official national bird. Then the Australian Government would have to adequately fund the conservation of this species and its habitats to prevent if from going extinct. Similar to the pressure that was put on the U.S. Govt to save its national bird, the Bald Eagle. It is also uniquely Australian, it symbolises the remote Australian wilderness, it is an arid-zone species adapted to living in the driest continent in the world (other than the Antarctic), and it is a parrot in the land where parrots are thought to have first evolved. Stephen Ambrose Ryde, NSW —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of Tony Russell Sent: Sunday, 22 March 2015 9:48 AM To: wildlifeexperiences@gmail.com; ‘Stephen Ambrose’; ‘Kim Sterelny’; ‘David and Marg Taylor’; birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] National Bird – Grey Fantail Instead of all this debate about finding a bird which is well known why not instead go for a bird that no-one hardly ever sees, ie the Fernwren. Nothing like a bit of obscurity to set the pulses racing, and, as usual, the general public wouldn’t have a clue as to what it is or where to find it. T