2 March 2006
Bird watching and bad puns
Posted by Grant Rosoman, forests campaigner
A number of rare or local endemic birds have been identified in Lake Murray. These are birds rarely seen elsewhere in PNG and would have birdwatchers flocking from around the world to catch a glimpse of them.
We are researching and gathering data on them, so standby for a story on this. Some of them we are identifying from hunting bags.
It appears there has never been a bird identification expedition in the Lake Murray area so the potential for rare and endemic species is high and the discovery of new species is a possibility.
If we extend to invertebrates and reptiles then we may make many interesting discoveries.
When moving around the Lake we often see mirrors being flashed. This is a key way of villages talking to each other over the large distance across the lake, when there is no radio or phone.
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