Didn't quite know whether to respond to Myzo's comments about losses of rare species in "Peter's Twinspots" or here as this is a bit 'off topic' in either . .finches247 wrote:Hello,
Blue Breasts are long gone here In here In Australia and New Zealand.
Just a couple of snippets
Others of my vintage may remember a good Qld finch breeder, long passed, who donated a pair of Blue-breasts as a raffle prize for the fledgling QFS
A magnanimous gesture; but not really in the best interests of a what was a very rare species, even in those 'high and far off' times
And on a completely different note . .
The same group will doubtless remember the accidental loss of what was probably Australia's largest colony of Pintailed (Parrotfinches) Nonpareils in Brisbane's huge flood some forty years ago