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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: aviator on December 06, 2011, 01:05:48 PM

Title: Nutmeg mannikin. I'm not making it up!
Post by: aviator on December 06, 2011, 01:05:48 PM

Last bird in Sibley Guide.Took a while to find it(http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/6157/280t.jpg) (http://img846.imageshack.us/i/280t.jpg/)

Title: Re: Nutmeg mannikin. I'm not making it up!
Post by: newfoundlander61 on December 06, 2011, 01:10:33 PM

Likely an escapee, these are kept privately as pets etc.

Title: Re: Nutmeg mannikin. I'm not making it up!
Post by: thouc on December 06, 2011, 01:22:13 PM

It's established in the Los Angeles area according to National Geographic field guide, so I guess there is a breeding population there now.

Title: Re: Nutmeg mannikin. I'm not making it up!
Post by: aviator on December 06, 2011, 01:27:26 PM

Apparently there is a family in Huntington Beach Park where I found this one.

Title: Re: Nutmeg mannikin. I'm not making it up!
Post by: newfoundlander61 on December 06, 2011, 07:33:01 PM

Cool, learned something new today.