EBird should probably make Painted Bunting a sensitive species so exact
locations are not seen by the general public. They apparently are valuable cage
birds and easily trapped. I met a Greek seaman years ago who kept birds. He had
a pair. He only knew them as Parisian Finches and thought they were from
Africa. He had no idea he was keeping an illegal Texas native species.
Fred Collins
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On May 12, 2020, at 6:51 PM, Frank Ohrt <fgohrt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Next time, get their license number. Then call the cops. (Or the game warden.)
Frank Ohrt
Houston
On May 12, 2020, at 5:49 PM, David Hanson (Redacted sender "dhanson139" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My wife just told me about a Facebook post talking about wild birds being
trapped in Texas. Coincidentally yesterday Tracey Prothro supervisor over
the Baytown Nature Center found people in the nature center with three bird
traps set and at least two held female Painted Buntings. She confiscated two
of the traps but they got away from her with one with a bunting still
inside. The bird was released back into nature but it just shows we need to
be on our toes.
David Hanson
Mont Belvieu
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