Pity there aren't any Green Jungle Fowl, that would save me having to go
to Cocos sometime.
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On Behalf Of John Hammond
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 6:42 PM
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Subject: Iluka NSW .... Feral Red junglefowl?
Hello all.... I was just wondering if any one is aware of any feral
junglefowl populations around iluka in nsw? I have been staying at Yamba
for a couple of days and this morning after visiting the iluka
rainforest drove down to the shark bay picnic ground. As I got out of
the car I could hear a rooster calling somewhere in the scrub and given
the distance from any houses and the dense habitat I was quite amazed to
hear this. After a ten minute search I found myself peering through the
scrub at one very shy red junglefowl. I don't know if people feed these
chooks but the one I saw behaved very much like a wild bird. As for this
wayward roosters genetics I can only say it looked nearly identical to
the photos I manage to bring up on a google search of the species. I can
only find reference to feral populations on heron and north west island.
So my question to anyone in the know is could this bird be a legit feral
tick? Or has somebodys prized red junglefowl gone for an awful long
walk? If anything it will go down as the most spectacular rooster I've
ever seen.....
Johno
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