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Rose-coloured (Rosy) Starling photos from CoffsHarbour

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Subject: Rose-coloured (Rosy) Starling photos from CoffsHarbour
From: "Peter Ewin" <>
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:12:06 +1100
Surely this is like catching a native bird such as a Currawong in the trap. As Alan said it is unlikely to be an aviary escapee, and so it just happens to be one not too smart vagrant. The chances of Rosy-coloured Starlings becoming a pest by self introduction is highly unlikely. Speceis rarely establish this way I would have thought (Cattle Egret and Spotted Whistling-duck maybe are the only cases I can think of) so it is unlikely to be impacting on native birds if released. I just think the odds of catching the 3rd record for Australia seem incredinly high.
Cheers,
Peter


From: John Tongue <>
To: "Graham Etherington" <>
CC: birdingaus <>
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Rose-coloured (Rosy) Starling photos from CoffsHarbour
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 21:06:06 +1000

I guess it would take some time to establish a breeding colony, but given our country's experience with introduced pests, I wonder at the wisdom of releasing this bird - surely keeping it in captivity or euthanasing it would have been preferable?

John Tongue
Hobart

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