tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560403933365907708.post7876225291466716389..comments2024-03-09T07:38:54.691-08:00Comments on PeregrinePrints not dot com ... Blog: OBRC Questions - Questionable OriginsBrandon Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225665346907616226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560403933365907708.post-88717513438895082922012-08-13T15:05:24.208-07:002012-08-13T15:05:24.208-07:00What happens to records that are determined to be ...What happens to records that are determined to be of questionable origin?<br /><br />Is there a set of guidelines that are used to help determine when some are excepted or not as in your examples above?<br /><br />Is there a predetermined list of species that are never excepted without proof?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560403933365907708.post-79280513919871962972012-08-13T04:51:14.438-07:002012-08-13T04:51:14.438-07:00I was birdwatching in Quebec last fall on a Mid-fa...I was birdwatching in Quebec last fall on a Mid-fall bird count and we found a European goldfinch. Now usually when one shows up, it`s automatically discounted. However this one was moving south with a mixed flock of robins and bluebirds, warblers and finches (it was the best fallout I`ve ever seen. The trees were dripping with Bluebirds. One tree had 43 of them in it). It was in open farm fields nowhere near a feeder. Now since this was well north of Gatineau, I truly considered it to be maybe a wild one. I didn`t push the point when it came to share numbers for the count, but nevertheless, I still counted it. So my question to you is, if someone finds a European Goldfinch of a Chaffinch in Moosonee, does it get counted or is it automatically out. Ditto for the Barnacle Goose? Are those calls just regional or is it a hard and fast rule? I ask this because its not to say that no one up north has caged birds, but the caged bird trade is harder to find further north as the suppliers are far far away. Another question I have is at what point do the birds become wild again? Obviously these birds have managed to survive in the wild for a period of time. They aren`t flying back to their cages. How long before one can consider the bird wild? Davidnoreply@blogger.com