Oops, I meant to say “Chris Woods”, not “Chris Nunes” (sorry Chris, and Chris).
Nick
Fort Collins CO
From: Nick Komar
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:17 AM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cobirds] Why is the Rufous-collared Sparrow likely an escaped cage
bird?
With all due respect to
-migratory sparrow to up and fly such a great distance,
and to survive.
Neat stuff.
Christian Nunes
Boulder, CO
pajaro...@hotmail.com
From: quetza...@comcast.net
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Why is the Rufous-collared Sparrow likely an escaped
cage bird?
Date: Tue
So, what ARE the standards that the record committee uses to determine if a
bird is real or not? I have seen, and see reports of, exotic birds on
occasion, and they are almost all casually discarded as escaped domestics
without anyone objecting, even though most if not all of them are, like
: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:45 AM
To: CObirds List
Subject: RE: [cobirds] Why is the Rufous-collared Sparrow likely an
escaped cage bird?
I was going to respond with the same exact sentiment as Christopher
Wood!! I couldn't agree more. Anything with color and/or a song is put
in a cage in Latin America
Has anyone seen whether this bird has a band or not? MOST of the birds in
captivity would be banded.
I don't know why we are always so in doubt that a bird.. might fly somewhere.
Regardless of its expected behavior.
Even the Streak-backed Oriole I had in my yard a few years ago was a surprise
am
fascinated by the whole thing.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
From: Dennis Garrison
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:14 PM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [cobirds] Why is the Rufous-collared Sparrow likely an escaped
cage bird?
[snipped].
In the end, none of us really KNOWS
