Comments on: Slideshow http://wildwielangta.edublogs.org Protecting Wielangta's threatened species and diverse native forests Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:54:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: wildwielangta http://wildwielangta.edublogs.org/slideshow/comment-page-1/#comment-13 wildwielangta Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:14:20 +0000 http://wildwielangta.edublogs.org/?page_id=14#comment-13 John, Thanks so much for visiting and providing your contribution. You'll note the latest is the swifties have a reprieve until after the 2008-9 breeding season...and then they'll log ! However it's a little bit more time to build up the numbers. Let's hope they have a bumper season :o) Let's hope Forestry Tasmania experiences some 'evolutionary convergence' soon! Cheers Jo John,

Thanks so much for visiting and providing your contribution.

You’ll note the latest is the swifties have a reprieve until after the 2008-9 breeding season…and then they’ll log !

However it’s a little bit more time to build up the numbers.

Let’s hope they have a bumper season :o )

Let’s hope Forestry Tasmania experiences some ‘evolutionary convergence’ soon!
Cheers Jo

]]> By: John Courtney http://wildwielangta.edublogs.org/slideshow/comment-page-1/#comment-12 John Courtney Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:26:31 +0000 http://wildwielangta.edublogs.org/?page_id=14#comment-12 The Swift Parrot is one of the world's most beautiful and scientifically valuable parrots. It is a perfect example of evolutionary convergence in action, almost exactly imitating the lorikeets in every way, but not related to them. It is of great value in evolutionary studies, so its preservation is vital. This can only be done by preserving its habitat, both breeding hollows and feeding trees. It is unthinkable for its most vital habitat to be logged. John Courtney, 1999 recipient of the John Hobbs Memorial Medal of Birds Australia. The Swift Parrot is one of the world’s most beautiful and scientifically valuable parrots. It is a perfect example of evolutionary convergence in action, almost exactly imitating the lorikeets in every way, but not related to them. It is of great value in evolutionary studies, so its preservation is vital. This can only be done by preserving its habitat, both breeding hollows and feeding trees. It is unthinkable for its most vital habitat to be logged.

John Courtney, 1999 recipient of the John Hobbs Memorial Medal of Birds Australia.

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