Hi Folks, Whilst down in Cairns over the weekend we took a photo of a juvenile/immature Helmeted Friarbird, which had a bare patch around the eye extending to the bill, it is symmetrical, not patchy. Can find no reference to this in any of our reference books. It maybe a feature of some stage of juvenile/immature birds but also maybe aberrant plumage in this bird. Has anyone else seen this feature? A photo has been posted on our blog, which unfortunately has some of the face obscured by a shadow, but you can see most of it. http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com Cheers, Keith & Lindsay. — Keith & Lindsay Fisher Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road Julatten QLD 4871 Ph : (07) 4094 1263 Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org