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 They winter
in India and are a noted vagrant. Still Oz is a long way off track and they are
a pretty bird - I would guess 10% chance of a wild bird, 90% cage
bird. 
  
Tim
Murphy 
  Good Morning
  Aus-Birders
  I just got the picture of the Western Australia, Rosy
  Starling discovered by Joy Tansey and set to me by Jennifer Spry and and have
  put it on our website so everyone can see it.  Is this the first record
  for Australia?  Is there any significant possibility that this is an
  escapee or any other explanation besides a vagrant from Asia?  I know it
  occurs as a caged bird in Indonesia. 
   http://www.birdquest.net
 Click on Highlights and Breaking
  News Click on BREAKING NEWS: Rosy Starling in Western Australia
  found by Joy Tansey (new September
  2004)
 
  Kevin
 
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