No, because it has never been a captive bird. You wouldn't have
classified the Riflebirds at the Paluma Tea House as ferals now would
you?
Perhaps the twitchers could cadge a feather for DNA analysis while
hand-feeding it.
On 18/02/2008, at 8:31 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:
But if develops a taste for fish & chips and stays on, wouldn't it
then be then classed as a feral and not really tickable?
Carl Clifford
On 18/02/2008, at 9:25 PM, L&L Knight wrote:
Perhaps if the bird's diet of fish and chips continues, it will stay
in Cooktown until it moults and people will be able to definitively
ID it based on its next plumage? I expect it will be a while before
the BARC submission goes in.
On the subject of BARC submissions, does BARC ever consult
international ornithologists who frequently see the species in
question [ie for whom the species, in its various forms, is a common
bird]?
Regards, Laurie.
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