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Re: Painted Finch north of Jerilderie, NSW Riverina,

To: "Kurtis Lindsay" <>, <>
Subject: Re: Painted Finch north of Jerilderie, NSW Riverina,
From: "John Harris" <>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:52:39 +1000
Why would they bother??  That sounds like the Grey-headed Lapwing conspiracy 
theory......

Most aviary birds would have no idea how to survive in the wild especially 
since water and feed are provided for them in the aviary.  From my 20 years of 
avicultural experience, any escapee would only survive a couple of days in the 
'wild', so I have to concur with Grant Brosie's earlier statement.


Yours in all things "green"

Regards

John Harris
President, Victorian Association for Environmental Education (VAEE)
Environmental Education Officer
Donvale Christian College
155 Tindals Rd Donvale 3111
03 9844 2471
0409 090 955


>>> "Kurtis Lindsay" <> 2/09/2008 4:39 pm >>>
Hi all,

Morcombe says that Painted Finches are highly nomadic. What does HANZAB say?
I don't know how likely it is for a pair of nomadic Northern-Australian
finches to fly to NSW and breed, at the same time I don't know how unlikely
it is either so I'm not going to rule it out.
However, this species is sold in pet shops and aviaries throughout NSW, and
aviculturalists don't require a license to keep and breed them. A quick
search of local aviary classifieds show that a breeding pair of Painted
Finches or Emblema's as theyre most commonly known in bird keeping circles
can sell for as little as $25!
(www.petlink.com.au/Classifieds/sale/966620.html)

It seems pretty unlikely that a pair of Painted Finches have both escaped
from a captive situation and have managed to safely make it to suitable
grassland habitat to settle down and breed. So I'm suggesting another
theory, that perhaps someone has released these birds her deliberately?

Kurtis Lindsay




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