Dave B / 30 Jan 2011 14:35

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I stick firmly to my believes that English Tipplers will adapt to most
conditions, it is how we manage that believe which is the key. I agree your
maybe not going to duplicate the massive times in the UK but i feel it is
not unreasonable to expect the imported birds to at least fly maximum
daylight, and from what i have been told it is about 15hrs, and to take the
birds into the dark for 1hr will give you what reasonably can be expected?

You mentioned in one of your earlier posts that men from years gone by in
Australia have indeed flown double digits flys, and in your own words did
never brag about it. Well that is more reason for my believes that the
imports are more than capable to fly the daylight clock around.

Yes i would imagine the import birds would find the climate strange and hard
to cope with on landing, but it would not be to unreasonable to expect fit
and healthy birds to adapt fully in a year or so. The prodigy of these birds
would be acclimatised by the natural process.

Anyway going back to my Spanish reference, when i step of the plane i
immediately feel the climate change, i am usually taken aback on now humid
it is, the first couple of nights i cannot sleep properly as its so close, i
am unable to lie around the pool for more than an hour in the first few
days, etc etc. but by the end of my holiday i get used to the conditions. If
i decided to stay on in Spain for say a couple of years, my body would just
adapt, and if i had any children during this time, my offspring would adapt
to them conditions, the children should not find it difficult to cope with
the conditions, just because i am born and bred from the UK?
I know its a simplistic scenario, but that is how i see it.

I said i would dig through my memorabilia, and something which might just
enlighten you. Find enclosed a couple of extracts from a book from Archbold.
F Hepworth from 1893. He landed in Sydney 118yrs ago, and he goes on to say
he flew his imported tipplers 14hrs, remarkable achievement by any standards
don't you think? when he mentioned the word 'wonting' that is equal to
settling the birds or breaking them in whatever terminology you use. So now
you can see true evidence that our English Tipplers really are adaptable....
:-)




Submitted by Dave B on 1/30/2011 2:06:35 PM