Everyone,
As I said before "anything is possible", but for me their remote location rules
out escapee. If these birds were in the local park feeding with sparrows I'd
think otherwise.
And who says these birds are daggy.....personally I think the Gouldian has the
worst colour taste of all (stuck in the 80's). Diamond Firetails for me are
over weight catwalk models, gorgeous!
May they rear many healthy broods.
Cheers,
Grant Brosie
Raworth, NSW
--- On Tue, 2/9/08, Paul Dodd <> wrote:
> From: Paul Dodd <>
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Re: Painted Finch north of Jerilderie, NSW
> Riverina,
> To: "'John Leonard'" <>, "'Birding-aus'"
> <>
> Received: Tuesday, 2 September, 2008, 8:30 PM
> I've always thought that the Apostlebird was one of the
> daggiest looking
> birds - with that grey and brown - very 1970s! It does
> appear that the
> Painted Finch is pretty close in the daggiest stakes,
> though...
>
> Paul Dodd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of
> John Leonard
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2008 5:57 PM
> To: Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Re: Painted Finch north of
> Jerilderie, NSW
> Riverina,
>
> I wish these birds well, whether they're aviary
> escapees or whatever.
> But I have to say that appearance-wise Painted Finch would
> have to be
> one of my least favourite birds. Whoever told them that
> bright red and
> mid brown went together? Eeeew.
>
> John Leonard
>
> 2008/9/2 Andrew Taylor <>:
> > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 04:52:39PM +1000, John Harris
> wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > Although the chances of an individual escapee are no
> doubt very poor,
> > John Long's "Introduced Birds of the
> World" details many cases of birds
> > thought to be aviary escapees persisting for at least
> several years in the
> > wild and in some cases establishing long-term
> populations. For example,
> > Birds of Sydney list these birds (and others) as
> escapees which survived
> > for some time and in some cases bred: Cuban Grassquit,
> Nutmeg Manakin,
> > White-headed Manakin, Black-headed Manakin, Java
> Sparrow, Red Bishop,
> > White-winged Wydah, Crimson Finch and Star Finch
> >
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