Chasing the "ghost bird" of Australia's Outback...

[DGUtley]

Chasing the "ghost bird" of Australia's Outback...


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An elusive, nocturnal parrot disappeared for more than a century. An unlikely rediscovery led to ornithological scandal — and then hope.


There had been no confirmed sightings of a live night parrot for nearly 140 years. So when the naturalist John Young produced evidence of the near-mythic bird in a remote corner of Australia’s outback in 2013, it was one of the greatest stories of species rediscovery in recent times. It was “the bird-watching equivalent of finding Elvis flipping burgers in an outback roadhouse,” Sean Dooley of BirdLife Australia, told the country’s national broadcaster at the time.


It got stranger from there, when the discovery became tainted. Over the next eight years, the find set off a series of breakthroughs in tracking the “ghost bird,” as it is described in some Aboriginal storytelling. But it would take teams of Indigenous rangers, working with scientists in Australia’s most unforgiving and remote landscapes, to accelerate the discovery of more night parrot populations in recent months — a feat that may ultimately help to save the species.



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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/s...tm_source=digg

[Peter1469]

A good reminder of why inductive reasoning can lead to the Black Swan fallacy. A problem for our man-made climate change theorists.

[carolina73]

Wildlife is very good at adjusting. I was reminded of that as I walked the dog this morning by a grown coyote laying in the grass. Therefore explaining the missing cats. I have no idea why they think the beach is going to feed them unless they love the bins of garbage. I'm really interested to know where he is hiding during the day with a lack of empty real estate.

[Common]

Many finds that are simply fantastic are happening at a faster pace...save these little guys..they look helpless