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Orange bellied Fruit Dove sighting in morningside Brisbane

To: "Mandarin" <>
Subject: Orange bellied Fruit Dove sighting in morningside Brisbane
From: David Stowe <>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:11:09 +1100
Hi Steven
Just wondering how you are so sure about this?
Sorry - not at all wanting to sound rude - just curious that's all.
There was a recent call made that there aren't any Canada Geese in captivity in Australia ... until someone else wrote in that they owned 2 and they knew of plenty of others! Certainly Belinda's description doesn't sound like one of the native ones?

Cheers
Dave

On 03/11/2008, at 12:13 PM, Mandarin wrote:

There are no exotic fruit pigeons kept in captivity in Australia. Only the native Rose-crowned and Purple-crowned.

It was probably one of these?

Steven




Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 10:21:28 +1000
From: L&L Knight <>
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Orange bellied Fruit Dove sighting in
morningside Brisbane
To: "Belinda Cassidy" <>
Cc: 
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There seem to be lots of avicultural references to OBFD on the web.
Are they migratory?  (There doesn't seem to be much on web about the
normal behaviour of this species.)

Going by your description of it as a tame bird and its apparently
naive behaviour, I suspect the bird is an escapee.

Regards, Laurie.

On 03/11/2008, at 10:06 AM, Belinda Cassidy wrote:

My partner and I sighted a stunning lone orange bellied fruit dove
in our
local forest behind morningside cemetery this morning. We 're
wondering if
it could be an escaped pet because they are apparently only found in
New
Guinea and surrounding islands? Or could it be a vagrant?

It was unmistakable with its tiny size, roughly the size & shape of
a quail,
short stubby tail, orange-red underbelly and beautiful emerald green
feathers.

It was curious and allowed us to watch and talk to it for a few
minutes.
When it flew off, it was almost taken by a brown Goshawk that was
sitting in
a nearby tree. The hawk dove for it, but saw us at the last moment and
veered off.

We're feeling pretty excited about seeing it! . Any ideas where it
might
have come from?
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