Michael,
I would like to publically say that I am very impressed by the amount of
thought and reason you gave the bird, amazingly some of the points you had
brought up I was not thinking about. When somebody makes a decision based
on that much careful thought and research I must support their decision
either way.
I do confess that if it came down to my voting on the issue a
doubt has always lingered in my mind and I really could not say which way
I would favor. My hunch is that the bird was blown off of land by the
hurricane and would normally have died if it had not been transported by
ship, plane or some other foreign object. So I doubt it was a *kept* bird,
yet the probability of it reaching here under its own power is a little
hard to swallow as well. So thank you again for your detailed comments.


Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood