As Philip has noted, the white bird near Manyana is not a Bali Starling. Which has unmistakable blue around its eyes and a crest, Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Are there any jackdaws in Australia? ——————– 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 Sent from my iPad On 27 Mar 2020, at 1:32 pm, Penny Brockman <penny@pennydb.org> wrote: Difficult one. Common Blackbird? Bill … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
It looks like a Magpie to me; shape, bill and attitude are right. Cheers David Sent from my iPad 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? ——————– Penny Brockman On … Read more