Aussie Finch Forum

Hello Derek,
Thanks for your reply. Sorry for my delay, but I have just spent a long week-end in @%$@#%$

I am not sure how we should proceed with a conservation group for Yellow Rumps just yet, as I am awaiting a decision from the QFS if they will support it's foundation.

But in the meantime, perhaps we can start gathering data on how many birds there are about.

I do not want to know where any birds are for security & privacy, but simply how many birds are held by individual breeders, and how many birds they breed in each calendar year.

So the data will start with you and me for now, but if you know of any other breeders, please send me the numbers.

I suggest that we will only record the following details for privacy reasons. I would appreciate your thoughts on this.

1/- Breeders Name (first name only, followed by a number) i.e. Tony01, Derek01 etc
2/- e-mail address (our only form of contact) - we need to advise people to supply an e-mail address that does not reveal their surname, or address
3/- Postcode (to locate the birds in a geographical model around the country)
4/- Country (to locate birds around the world)
5/- Number of birds held on 1st January each year (we should gather data if available from previous years)
6/- Number of birds bred in each year

If you could advise your own numbers for each year I will start the database in Excel software.

My plan would be to report total birds bred and held each year via the QFS website and use their Forum as a means of encouraging breeders to keep this bird.

I started in March this year with 10 birds, and have bred eight so far this year. Two of the birds I sourced locally in %$@#%#, but I obtained 8 birds from a chap named @#%$@ in Melbourne. Each of the @%$@#$ birds paired with Melbourne birds, so I have at least two good breeding pairs at the moment. There is a third pair with eggs at the moment.

regards

Tony
I myself have 5 dna young mostly unrelated prs,3 older cocks.and 2 yet to dna birds.

Anyone interested in helping Tony PM me for his contact details.

Sorry not on my list of residents.
LML

I dont have any either but the pics I have seen on the internet look very much like the birds that come into the garden, Im not sure but they could be Honeyeaters, they love the Emu bushes (Eremophila maculata aurea) not sure if its the flowers they want or the insects that seem to build little cities in the branches.

They are on the outskirts here in Dubbo though they are not meant to be so not sure if they are escapees or blow ins.

would be interesting to see.They must be escapes as they are only found in northern Australia.from Derby to the Queensland border.The chestnut breasted in found in the same area and down the coast just south of Sydney.Perhaps these are in your area?

I'd be surprised - though excited - if these were the birds in your garden, or those outside Dubbo.
Might they be chestnut breasted mannikins, or even spice finches?
There have been several feral populations of chestnuts in the southern states that originated from aviary escapes.

DUNNO if the little buggers would sit still Id get photo coz Im very curious to know what they are myself.

maybe you have to run around the yard at the same speed to get a pic deb.....wouldnt matter if the background was blurred