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Curlew (Matt), could you please check your inbox, I have a fair bit to say about species management, and I would love it if I could email you

~Nathan

Nrg800 wrote:Curlew (Matt), could you please check your inbox, I have a fair bit to say about species management, and I would love it if I could email you

~Nathan

Me too Matt.......I'm breeding one of the focus species (White Rumped Black Throats) and am in an informal group doing same. You should have an e-mail from me there somewhere......

i have been and have trued to msg you back but cant work out how to send msgs from this sight to other members. i understand what you are saying about only needing 80 birds but if you look at the nfsa's servay there ant that many around as far as rear birds go if you look at the number of common ones we have a much grater chance of saving what we have if we work at saving them. for example



Common Species
Species Total number recorded
Red-faced parrotfinch 1472
Cordon bleu Waxbill 1009
Orangebreasted waxbill 1038
African Fire 1104
Cuban 704
Green singer 577
Tri-coloured parrotfinch 482
Jacarini 429
Red Strawberry 440
St. Helena waxbill 780
Red hooded Siskin 388
Cut-throat 336
Bengalese 554
Grenadier Weaver 398



Rare Species
Species
European Serin 11
Eurasian linnet 10
Red-crested cardinal 9
Peters’ Twinspot 5
Green Strawberry 9
Black-rumped waxbill 17
Purple grenadier waxbill 29
Yellow-rumped Serin 3
Yellowhammer 4
Grey Singer 8
European Siskin 2
Shama Thrush 2
Silver-eared mesia 2
Red-headed fody 4
Common Redpoll 1
Red-shouldered whydah 2

Ahh, okay! So I'll just send you a big PM, rather than an email

With species with less than 80 (Not sure where I got that figure from) you can bring their numbers up again, I think they're just really in danger if their population is below that!

Don't forget guys that the numbers in the NFSA survey are not accurate, they're merely indicative of which birds are rare.
There are plenty of breeders with rare species who did not respond to the survey, so don't give up on all the species with seemingly low numbers.

To send a pm: there is a link to the pm page under each members name, just below their location, unfortunately I cant get the icons to show but this should give an idea of where to find the links.
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bluebutterfly213
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Curlew has just clocked 5 posts.......that should now enable him to PM other members.....its a safety device to thwart auto scammers Curlew

good on ya curlew

Myzomela wrote:Don't forget guys that the numbers in the NFSA survey are not accurate, they're merely indicative of which birds are rare.
There are plenty of breeders with rare species who did not respond to the survey, so don't give up on all the species with seemingly low numbers.

And there was double that number, like myself, oblivious to the survey's existence.

Danny wrote:

Myzomela wrote:Don't forget guys that the numbers in the NFSA survey are not accurate, they're merely indicative of which birds are rare.
There are plenty of breeders with rare species who did not respond to the survey, so don't give up on all the species with seemingly low numbers.

And there was double that number, like myself, oblivious to the survey's existence.

I was just lazy