Hi folks A single European Greenfinch was seen and photographed by myself and others today at the Sandy Camp Road Wetlands in Wynnum North, Brisbane. I have posted some pics on the birding-aus Facebook page. A rare sighting for Brisbane. cheers Andrew
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It is pretty certain to have escaped. European Greenfinches are quite a common finch in aviculture, selling for around $40 a pair – very much at the bottom end of the price scale for aviary finches. cheers, Mike Sunshine Coast On 17-May-15 12:37 PM, Elliot Leach wrote:
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The bird was still there this morning – does anyone have any idea where it could have come from? It wasn’t banded (as far as I could see), but I’m assuming that it’s an escapee… it’s a long, long way out of range if not. elliot On 16 May 2015 at 20:25, Andrew Thelander <thelander.a@gmail.com> wrote:
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