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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