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[edit] Glaciers

You're obviously someone who knows what they are talking about...if you want to add your gif to the glacier retreat article, maybe right over or under Connelleys image and sized the same if possible...include a caption so we know what were are looking at and maybe comment that the gif is of a portion of the image Connelley uploaded.--MONGO 07:46, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Author ref

If it's an author ref, it should be "Gould, J.". I'm not sure that a colour plate has an author, however; it would seem more likely to be an "artist". I am not aware of the same convention for artists. Gould will indicate that there are several artists and several scientists with that surname, so you might as well use the full name. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:10, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

You would be right for some ordinary book, but this is one of the most famous works in Australian ornithology. Would you refer to, say, Gray's Anatomy as Gray, H., Anatomy? If the reader really hasn't heard of Gould (or Gray), they can just click the link and be enlightened.
You're correct that Gould didn't draw the plate - the guy really couldn't draw (see which is by him). But the book is by him. --Glen Fergus 00:09, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pale-headed Rosella

Hi. I've checked various world checklists, which are generally considered more appropriate than field guides for taxonomic decisions here. On what basis do Simpson & Day make their lump, any idea? SP-KP 00:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

HANZAB is the Wikiproject-nominated list for the region, which is why I reproduced it as the List of Australasian birds. But it is not all that current. I'll check S&D and some others tonight.
OK. I've just done a quick google search for research on the taxonomic status of these two forms and haven't come up with anything. Very interested to hear what S&D have to say. SP-KP 00:16, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Looked some more at this. Seems the lumping idea has been around for a long time. Slater (perhaps the best-regarded field guide) mentions it (2003 revised edition), but sticks with the split taxonomy. S&D mentioned it way back in the 1988 ed (footnote to entry), but kept the old taxonomy then. Of the current-edition field guides, 3 have the split taxonomy and only S&D go with the lumped. The Atlas (2003) has the split taxonomy. FWIW, I live near the range overlap and haven't seen much evidence of hybridisation - maybe just missing it. Leave it split for now...
And of course evidence of hybridisation is just a first piece of evidence needed to argue for conspecificity; I have hybridising Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the roof opposite my office window, but they are still separate species. SP-KP 16:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greater Crested Tern

Hi Glen - thanks for the note; I didn't delete the second pic, it was something in the formatting just resulted in its not showing (which I'd not realised). I've corrected it now so it does show, and also added the Aus name - MPF 13:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Glaciers again

I was wondering if you minded moving the glacier gifs to Commons. The gifs are all here but will need to be uploaded individually...I think I can do this but would stillw ant your approval. The gifs can be uploaded with the same name and that way I can add them to the gallery of images on the commons page...[1].--MONGO 08:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah sure. I'm OS right now, mainly out of contact. Please go ahead yourself.--Glen Fergus 04:13, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Done. Rather painfull. --Glen Fergus 11:26, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Glen...now the whole wiki in all languages can easily find them and I'll check them out and see what's what...are you interested in joining the Wikipedia:WikiProject Glaciers. We have one glaciologist (Peltoms) and I myself have been distracted as of late from the project. I am, but an amateur on the subject, but find it interesting and I'm learning. Anyway, if you're so inclined, feel free to hop aboard.--MONGO 21:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Replacing images

Please replace any of my bird images with yours, if you have a better one. Some people don't like their images being "upgraded" to better ones, but I'm not one of them. Brett.donald 03:39, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. You mean Black-winged Stilt? That photo of yours is just spectacular. Ah, you mean the Double-barred Finch ... I'm thinking that multiple photo galleries can be useful here, provided the server space stays manageable. Different races / subspecies, different ages / sexes / plumage states, in flight vs perched, even just different viewing angles / conditions. It is one of the strengths of this medium, provided it doesn't get out of hand. See eg Australian Pelican - getting silly there now.--Glen Fergus 04:47, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Agreed, if all the images are of good quality. As for crappy photos, get rid of them. Brett.donald 00:27, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kakapo

Seems there were Kakapos on Anchor Island in Dusky Sound in March 06 [2] (pretty authoritative, second last paragraph). Apparently 30 of them (anecdotal). Maybe we aren't supposed to know?

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