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| The Cambodian Tailorbird, photo by Ashish John, Wildlife Conservation Society |
A "new" bird was identified recently, not in the outlying regions of mysterious Borneo, but at the very edge of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's teeming capital. How cool is that. The discovery was announced in the Oriental Bird Club's journal Forktail, by ornithologist Simon Mahood. He said in an interview with the New York Times:
I've always wanted to discover a bird species, but I never expected it would happen like this. I certainly didn't expect to be standing in flip-flops and shorts a half an hour from home.
This is encouraging news even if the Cambodian Tailorbird, who builds cradles made of gossamer for its young, is already on the Near Threatened list.
saw this on another blog today. very cool.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, indeed.
ReplyDeleteHappy thought, indeed. Thank you, Kerry.
ReplyDeleteIf I have never seen it before, it is new to me and I get great joy out of that. I also get joy out of seeing the old and familiar. To be able to ID new species is,of course, phenomenal.
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful bird.
ReplyDeleteNothing boring about that bird. Very cool.
ReplyDelete"But every single thing that you see, in the way that you see it, is new. Nobody has ever seen it before just as you have, and it will never appear again just so. A happy thought."
ReplyDeleteA very happy thought, indeed, and a marvelous way to live one's life.
Thank you Pauline. I have a feeling that you long ago figured this out.
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