> On 18 Jan 2023, at 07:07, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On 18/01/2023 04:45 Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >> Common all over South Africa too, even in remote camps of the Kruger >> Park. The ones here escaped from a sailing sip en-route to Aus. Can't >> imagine why they were being taken there. > > They were a common pet, being easy to feed and otherwise look after, so it > might be that. Or they could have been wild birds that inadvertently went to > sea with a ship and remained there until first landfall. This could happen > if a crew was in the habit of feeding them.
Perhaps they were being transported for stealing loaves of bread. They were easily caught because they habitually overestimated their own fully-laden airspeed velocity. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
