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This week we focus on Norfolk Island, an island under the rule and serviced by Australia, even though it sits some1,677 km (1,042 miles) away from Sydney out in the Pacific Ocean. The English first used it as a penal colony and later abandoned. In 1856 was settled under Queen Victoria’s rule as a new home to relocate rebel Pitcairn Islanders who had outgrown their islands. Many of their bird species are subspecies of our Australian species except the now Critically Endangered Norfolk Island Green Parrot (Cyanoramphus cookii). If you should visit this island, a sea bird wonderland, deep in its forests and national park, in particular the Norfolk Island Botanic Gardens, you may get with a brief sighting this now rare bird as we did, a very human shy parrot, making its unique call. Click image to enlarge it.

Norfolk Island Green Parrot calling

The reason for the current crisis for these birds is the loss of habitat by humans removing their forests to settle and by predation of their babies and eggs by again human introduced ferule animals such as rats and ferule cats. Also competition for nesting holes by the more aggressive Crimson Rosella that were introduced during the convict era from the mainland.

Other endemic birds to this island are…

With these subspecies there are minor variations to our mainland birds except for the Norfolk Island Golden Whistler which is considerable different. Again the human footprint has brought death and suffering even to these birds on this small island when God has given us through, Adam our original ancestor, the mandate to care for his creation.

“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!  Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. ”

“Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.  For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.” – taken from Romans 5 in the New testament.

 “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.” – 1 John 1:8-10 (NIV)

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