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Hi, Michael

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Hi All,

See attached pic.

What bird is this? ? An albino Raven.?

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Too small for a raven? Head-carriage looks like a magpie. Also, head & throat plumage is way less than ravens'. Judith SEQ 500m

On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, 12:10 pm Michael Hunter, <drmhunter@westnet.com.au> wrote:

Hi All,

See attached pic.

What bird is this? ? An albino Raven.?

Taken at Manyana NSW South Coast . . . → Read More: Fwd: IMG_4886.jpg

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Difficult one. Common Blackbird?  Bill looks too small for a Corvus. Blackbirds often have white feathers or albino. Are eyes pink? ——————– 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 . . . → Read More: Fwd: IMG_4886.jpg

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Bill shape and the way it’s perching looks more like a magpie to me. Definitely an albino… Ross Macfarlane rmacfarl@tpg.com.au On 27 Mar 2020 1:08 pm, Michael Hunter <drmhunter@westnet.com.au&gt; wrote:

Hi All, See attached pic. What bird is this?  ? An albino Raven.? Taken at Manyana NSW South Coast two . . . → Read More: Fwd: IMG_4886.jpg

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 77, Issue 10

Please Help. I cannot find the attachment in question re ?Raven? Magpie? Kind Regards Phillipa CAnnon

On Saturday, 28 March 2020, 02:00:41 am AEST, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org <birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org&gt; wrote: Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to     birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org You can reach the person managing the list at     drmhunter@westnet.com.au> To: “<birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fwd: IMG_4886.jpg Message-ID: . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 77, Issue 10

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Comparison with the size of the fence wires and post means it is too small for a raven.

Have you considered Common Myna? It would be about the right size and the stance is about right. Eyes look too dark for an albino. Can’t make out the bare parts around the face which would be . . . → Read More: Fwd: IMG_4886.jpg

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SUPERB PARROTS

Hi all… With all the craziness going on, we’ve cut our holiday short to get back to NSW. Yesterday 23rd March just Sth of West Wyalong, heading towards Parkes and Forbes NSW direction, there were a mixed flock of at LEAST 30 Superb Parrots, lots of males and about 10 Blue Bonnets…which were on the . . . → Read More: SUPERB PARROTS

Greetings from a small white world

GREETINGS FROM A SMALL WHITE WORLD One of the first pieces I sent in to the bird lists, in 1997 (time flies), was called "snow snow snow". That winter we had the great snow winter in northern Norway, and I wrote my first contributions as a reaction on the many spring stories on the . . . → Read More: Greetings from a small white world

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 23, 2020 to Sunday, March 29, 2020:

Area: SA

Location: In our St Peters garden

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