Corellas...

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Thanks Geoffrey.  Captive vs wild bird origins are always difficult,
especially when the species concerned is common in aviculture.  I
remember heated arguments in COG in the mid-late 1980s as to the origin
of local Peaceful and Diamond Doves and Rainbow Lorikeets.

Brendan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey Dabb 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:14 AM
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Corellas...
>
> See Canberra Bird Notes 21:3  56 (Sept 96).  Based on the occurrence
pattern
> and the overall range extension, I think we have a combination of
> captive-origin and 'arrived' birds.  There was a more recent
'confession' in
> the C Times by a person who claimed to have liberated 'them' (I assume
at
> least a few) in Griffith.  Note also Joe Forshaw's story about an
> Australia-wide mass-liberation by an aggrieved would-be exporter
refused a
> permit.
>
>