> > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:16 +0100, "AlunFoto" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > We made landing at the Antarctic Peninsula the day after visiting > > Deception Island. > > Which shot to select for a PESO for today was quite self-evident. > > Links shortened to preserve the fun. > > > > Blog: http://turl.no/6tp > > Image: http://turl.no/6tq > > > Another fine photo from your Antarctic adventure. > > But I'm going to have to come clean here and admit that I > have no idea why cormorants are regarded as the unofficial > (official??) mascot of the PDML. I've been hanging around > here for 6 or 7 years now and I must have missed something. > Where did this fascination with shags start?
Don't you read the minutes? Resolution 27(e) 1973b was passed in full committee at the 19th Annual Congress held in Ulan Bator on the morning of 30/2/1988 after a protacted period of discussion, heated at times, and lobbying from a number of other taxa. It was a close run thing between the cormorant, the puffin and a small herd of Przewalski's Horse which seems to have wandered into the meeting hall when one of our less disciplined members (no names, no pack drill, but he's not a lawyer any more) left the back door open. The deciding factor in the end was the plumage, which was universally adjudged to be 'lovely'. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
