Night parrot nonsense – what’s going on .. and why?
John Young responds to Night Parrot critics Was the Night parrot really found? By John Young? What’s Penny Olsen claiming? How can mere mortals figure out what is going on …
Find Zebra finches to find Night parrots
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 Evidence of ‘night parrot’, one of world’s rarest birds, found in Australia Picture released by Australian Wildlife Conservancy on September 14, 2017 shows a feather from a …
Museum reference collections are invaluable for research
A 30-year cold case involving an egg and the mysterious Night Parrot by Leo Joseph, Jeremy Austin And Penny Olsen, The Conversation OCTOBER 20, 2016 The egg collected in the …
Night vision not a Night parrot strong suit
Mysterious Australian Night Parrots may not see in the dead of night By Flinders University Mysterious Australian Night Parrots in natural environment. Credit: Steve Murphy, Charles Darwin University. Australia’s most …
The Night parrot story is just getting murkier and murkier.
Night parrot research labelled ‘fake news’ by experts after release of damning report ABC’s Background Briefing Exclusive by Ann Jones, Benjamin Sveen, and David Lewis PHOTO: John Young’s photo of a night parrot in …
Night parrot news – read all about it
The night parrot: A mystery as old as our country ABC Science By Ann Jones for The Chase PHOTO: The moon hangs above the Birriliburu protected area in remote Western Australia.(ABC Science: Ann Jones) …
What is it with night parrots, John Young and hanky-panky?
John Young brought home the holy grail of Australian bird-watching – he found night parrots. But then the story gets murky. Penny Olsen’s book Nigh Parrot gives the detail that the keenest of birders want, the story behind every sighting ever made right up to today’s conservation efforts for the known populations and the work underway to establish if there are more. This Audubon Society magazine article gives the summary that almost every other birder wants. Why does it have to be this way? As the poet James Elroy Flecker observed, ‘men are unwise and curiously planned’.
Night parrot stories
Night parrot stories is a film (see it on SBS at 8.30 pm on Christmas Eve, 2017) , a Facebook page and treasure troves of tales in the minds of many birders in this wide brown land. Both adjectives apply, as the distribution of these birds has opened up considerably since their rediscovery in the Diamantina and where they are found is typically very very brown.
Back from the brink – well backish as details of the extant night parrot emerge
The bird world was agog in 2013 when details of the rediscovery, in the Diamantina, of the night parrot emerged. Since there the population number and range has extended. Those good years across the centre within the last decade have helped, the spread of feral cats hasn’t. Some serious conservation is now going on to secure the species.
When it comes to Night parrots, the score is Loudmouths – zero!
Loudmouths fall under the spell of the Night parrot. This was just Search the First! And we reckon we’re on the right track and we’re having fun while searching.