Thanks for sharing the photos Graham.
Perhaps this could be one of many Rose-coloured Starlings that may be
turning up in Australia over coming years! This bird may provide a good
twitch but may cause problems to our native birds if more of the like
come to our country. Can anyone elaborate on this?
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From:
On Behalf Of Graham
Etherington
Sent: Thursday, 7 December 2006 3:48 PM
To: Alistair McKeough
Cc: tim morris; Mike Carter; ;
; John McLennan
Subject: Rose-coloured Starling at Coffs Harbou
Hi Alan,
I'll ask the question that everyone else is thinking - Is there any
chance of seeing the photos? (I can host them on my website if you can
email them to me).
Cheers,
Graham
On 12/7/06, Alistair McKeough <> wrote:
> Maybe this will fire up a few more people to get involved in trapping.
>
> Save a hollow for a native species, and maybe pick up a mega-rarity
while
> you're at it.
>
> Alistair
>
> On 06/12/06, alan morris <> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Birders,
> >
> > While trapping Common Mynas in the "myna Trap" set up near a
backyard
> > avairy, 3 blocks from the Coffs Harbour CBD,Craig Cassady and a
friend
> > caught an unusal bird in the trap on 5/12/06.
> >
> > They identified the birds as a Rose-coloured Starling, and upon
googling
> > for
> > "Rose-coloured Starlings in Australia" saw the two hits of birds and
> > photos
> > at Broome. The bird they found resembled those birds. They contacted
some
> > friends and the NPWS. The NPWS advised them to photograph and
release the
> > bird, giving them permission to band the bird and take some feathers
for
> > possible DNA analysis. The bird was subsequently released this
morning at
> > 0800 hrs this morning and has not been seen since.
> >
> > Three photos are available which show an obvious Rose-coloured
Starling.
> > Measurements will be sent to me indue course.
> >
> > This I think is the 3rd Australian Record if accepted by BARC.
> > Rose-coloured
> > Starlings are not known to be kept as avairy birds in Australia.
> >
> > Alan Morris
> >
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