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Re: Painted Finch north of Jerilderie, NSW Riverina,

To: Graham Turner <>
Subject: Re: Painted Finch north of Jerilderie, NSW Riverina,
From: Andrew Taylor <>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:01:10 +1000
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 11:37:32AM +1000, Graham Turner wrote:
> Those birds are seriously lost.

They are (I believe) a commonly kept aviary species.  As they are far out
of range - looks far more likely to me they are escapees than vagrants.
An old Sydney record is dismissed in HANZAB for this reason.

Andrew

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