Hi Peter,
On the contrary, Painted Finches are highly nomadic. Every few years they
turn up in Broome, stay for a while, and then leave. I assume they are
resource nomads, either following seed or water around. Has the area these
birds turned up in had a good year?
Regards,
Chris
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:03 PM, <> wrote:
> Gouldian Finches migrate. Is it known that Painted Finches dont migrate?
> Does anyone know if Painted Finches have rounded or pointy tipped wings?
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> "Graham Turner" <>
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> Baus <>
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> Re: [Birding-Aus] Re: Painted Finch north of Jerilderie, NSW Riverina,
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> Some sort of ranking system could be devised for out of region
> rarities, and under my proposed system the Painted finches score quite
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> Distance from where it should be is clearly important. But as a
> multiplier the bird's mass is important (more energy for flight) and
> also their normal predisposition to migrating.
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> So the GHL scores well for being miles out of range, but is less
> 'incredible' because it is a biggish bird and a migrator anyway.
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> The finches on the other hand are normally sedentary, and little, so
> finding them a long way out of range is remarkable.
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> Then birds that score very highly could be checked against the 'likely
> aviary' birds list to see if it's tickable.
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> I'll get to work now on a spreadsheet with all the information.
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> EB
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> On 9/2/08, Graham Turner <> wrote:
> > "..... but I guess anything's possible."
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> > You mean like a grey headed lapwing in NSW??
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