hi, i am from iran. i have some general questions
1- is this forum for australia?
2- do you know zebra finch? i heared that zebra finches are as house sparrow there, is it true?
3- do you know european goldfinch?
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Greetings fonexic.
Yes this is an Australian forum but I am sure overseas participants are welcome.
Yes the Zebra Finch is a wild native bird of Australia. One of many native birds.
Are you interested in birds? You may like to tell the forum about yourself.
seems that i should answer if no one else is...
1 - It is,and we(most of us) don't like seeing native birds in cages just for your own pleasure
2 - Yes,we do,and they are not like a "house sparrow" here,they are a nice addition to our native birdlife
3 - We do,and again,most of us don't like seeing them or other birds in cages for your own pleasure
i suggest that unless you want negative responses,you should stop posting pictures of caged birds...this is a forum about australian native birdlife,not a bird keeping forum\
edit:Sorry nightparrot,i didn't see you had answered
I couldn’t have said it any better than Nathan has, especially what he says about birds in cages. Here in Australia there are people who have permits to breed birds in cages. But is illegal to trap or catch native birds and keep them.
I think if you would show us some wild and free birds from your country, we would all enjoy it.
M-L
I didn't see any pictures. Perhaps they were posted on another thread? (I don't really want to see them).
Hi fonexic. Nice to hear from you all the way from Iran.
I thoroughly endorse the comments about keeping caged birds. This is not a practice favoured by many members of Birds in Backyards. Many of us prefer to put our time and energy into providing Australian native birds with habitat in which they can survive naturally.
Just a note on European goldfinches which, as the name implies, are not native to Australia: I strongly discourage this species by destroying their nests when I find them & also by planting the original vegetation of my area so that Australian birds will be encouraged & will be able to successfully compete against the European goldfinches. European goldfinches in my area compete against the Australian red-browed firetails and diamond firetails which is one of the main reasons I discourage them.
Do people in Iran preserve and restore habitat for birds and other wildlife or is it the custom to keep birds in cages?
forgive me, i can not understand english language well and your most of means. i am persian. english is your official language but for me is a school lesson as an universal language. lol
just i can tell that no, keep birds in cage is not a custom. generally and in public thoughts keeping birds in cage is a bad work, but has its own customers.
Persian version of "same as in Oz".
It is wonderful, fonexic, that you are trying out your English on us. Keep it up and if you do not understand anything I or other members of Birds in Backyards write please ask for clarification. I note that Wikipaedia says that some people in Iran call the most common language Farsi others call it Persian and still others call it Parsi.
And thank you for your response to my question about the practice of keeping birds in cages in Iran.
persia is old name of iran. it means that thousands years ago people knew it with this name.(persia empire) . my country has a very very old history. it was a very big and powerful empire 4 - 5 thousands years ago. persian is same farsi. no different.
furthermore, please tell me that is there european goldfinch in nature of austrailia? i am asking it because i wanna get more information about this type of bird.
if is please show me an image of european goldfinch in austrailia nature.
There are european goldfinches in Australia as they were introduced in the 1860's - here is a link to some information about them which is from this site and also includes some photos European Goldfinch link
Alison
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