It is of course often difficult to tell when a population is "established"
and even if it is then the bird you see could of course be a recent escapee
and not part of that population. Ah well - gives us something to argue about
I guess.......
On 09/07/2008, Chris Sanderson <> wrote:
>
> Hi Keith and others,
>
> I have wondered about that. I've seen free-flying Peach-faced Lovebirds
> that are probably breeding. Not that I would tick them what makes them
> different from this House Crow? Isn't there an unofficial rule about
> having
> to be an established population or got here under its own steam in the case
> of vagrants?
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Keith Weekes <>
> wrote:
>
> > What rules are everyone playing by for their lists? There's no way I'm
> > ticking this bird, it is ship assisted plain and simple. I'd sooner go to
> > Featherdale Wildlife Park and tick birds in cages.
> >
> > KW
> >
> > 2008/7/9 Carl Billingham <>:
> >
> > > Hi Tania,
> > > I flew down from Brisbane to Sydney on the weekend to pick up a few
> ticks
> > > including Regent Honeyeaters (about a dozen) in Capertee Valley, my
> bogey
> > > bird the Red-whiskered Bulbul (tried on three previous trips but
> finally
> > > successful) and ...the House Crow which is quite a nice looking bird
> with
> > > its silky grey mantle.
> > > Carl Corden was able to take me straight to the spot at Dee Why and
> > pointed
> > > out the bird in the trees between the children's fenced playground and
> > the
> > > street - exactly where he had seen it back in March!
> > > ...even got the photos as proof of having 'been there, done that'
> > Laurie;-)
> > > Spent the afternoon doing some cliff top seabird watching as well.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Carl Billingham
> > > Taringa, Brisbane
> > >
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