Month: March 2020

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On another tangent, I do kinda miss the old days of moderating the insane conversations on Birding-Aus between Unca Tones And John Gamblin…
On 29 Mar 2020, at 10:20 am, Tony Russell <pratincole08@gmail.com> wrote:

This may be an interesting curiosity  but in the present circumstances I find it nothing to get too excited about.  OK as a temporary mental distraction I suppose, nothing more.

On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 18:14, Penny Brockman <penny@pennydb.org> wrote:

Are there any jackdaws in Australia?
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On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, at 3:27 PM, David Clark wrote:
It looks like a Magpie to me; shape, bill and attitude are right.
Cheers
David
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On 27 Mar 2020, at 1:32 pm, Penny Brockman <penny@pennydb.org> wrote:
Difficult one. Common Blackbird?  Bill looks too small for a Corvus. Blackbirds often have white feathers or albino. Are eyes pink?
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On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, at 1:08 PM, Michael Hunter wrote:
Hi All,
See attached pic.
What bird is this?  ? An albino Raven.?
Taken at Manyana NSW South Coast two days ago.
       TIA
           Michael
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This may be an interesting curiosity  but in the present circumstances I find it nothing to get too excited about.  OK as a temporary mental distraction I suppose, nothing more.

On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 18:14, Penny Brockman <penny@pennydb.org> wrote:

Are there any jackdaws in Australia?
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On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, at 3:27 PM, David Clark wrote:
It looks like a Magpie to me; shape, bill and attitude are right.
Cheers
David
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On 27 Mar 2020, at 1:32 pm, Penny Brockman <penny@pennydb.org> wrote:
Difficult one. Common Blackbird?  Bill looks too small for a Corvus. Blackbirds often have white feathers or albino. Are eyes pink?
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Penny Brockman
On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, at 1:08 PM, Michael Hunter wrote:
Hi All,
See attached pic.
What bird is this?  ? An albino Raven.?
Taken at Manyana NSW South Coast two days ago.
       TIA
           Michael
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I think that Euan Moore has hit the nail on the head with his suggestion of
Common Myna. The bill is too short to be a Magpie, the whole bird is the
wrong shape to be a Blackbird and it is too small to be a Magpie or a Raven.
It even has the bare skin around the eye.

Dr Greg Clancy
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Coutts Crossing
NSW

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Are there any jackdaws in Australia?
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Penny Brockman
On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, at 3:27 PM, David Clark wrote:
It looks like a Magpie to me; shape, bill and attitude are right.
Cheers
David
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On 27 Mar 2020, at 1:32 pm, Penny Brockman <penny@pennydb.org> wrote:
Difficult one. Common Blackbird?  Bill looks too small for a Corvus. Blackbirds often have white feathers or albino. Are eyes pink?
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Penny Brockman
On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, at 1:08 PM, Michael Hunter wrote:
Hi All,
See attached pic.
What bird is this?  ? An albino Raven.?
Taken at Manyana NSW South Coast two days ago.
       TIA
           Michael
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White bird

An interesting suggestion Euan.

There is an All white Bali Starling which we saw years ago, a sought after cage bird in Indonesia and only really surviving thanks to semi-captive breeding (on an island other than Bali)

Subject to Isolation restrictions I will follow this up, but perhaps someone out there knows the Bali Starling or has pics of same.

Michael

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How does the idea of a Jackdaw come into it? The photo was taken in south
coast NSW. Surely the best idea is to ask the person who was there, before
we go all over: was / is it behaving like a magpie, raven, currawong? I now
reckon it is a Magpie, based on shape of its head and guessing at size, as
others are writing. Discussing black-backed / white backed is irrelevant. It
will probably be due to a single gene mutation arising from within its own
population.

Apart from that, why does it matter? It is an albino of something. It
happens.

As for: “Possible aviary escape, maybe from someone doing some selective
breeding?” Possible on minute to non existent level. Need to think about
what is reasonable and likely. Are there any exotic birds of that shape
being selectively bred in Australia?

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It looks like a Magpie to me; shape, bill and attitude are right.

Cheers
David

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On 27 Mar 2020, at 1:32 pm, Penny Brockman <penny@pennydb.org> wrote:

Difficult one. Common Blackbird?  Bill looks too small for a Corvus. Blackbirds often have white feathers or albino. Are eyes pink?
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Penny Brockman
On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, at 1:08 PM, Michael Hunter wrote:
Hi All,
See attached pic.
What bird is this?  ? An albino Raven.?
Taken at Manyana NSW South Coast two days ago.
       TIA
           Michael
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Thanks Jim,
                     No picture no nothing .
                     No sure how to interpret your post, the bird is not a Jackdaw.!
                       Consensus is (Australian) Magpie.   (White all over not just White -backed,) If so, probably an albino black-backed in that area of the South Coast.
  
               
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On 28 Mar 2020, at 11:09 am, jimschultz@westnet.com.au wrote:

Sorry, Michael: I’m a bit thick. Did you mean that my suggested bird was not it, or my image did not arrive your end. In case of the latter you could try to google some images of the Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) in the right angle ie from the front. It is a common, European bird. Else I can’t think of, which bird it might be, also judging from its size. Cheers, JimS

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Blank Jim.

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Hi All,

See attached pic.

What bird is this? ? An albino Raven.?

Taken at Manyana NSW South Coast two days ago..

TIA

Michael

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