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Further to Mick¹s sighting of a possible morph Pied Heron: Hilary Thompson and I first sighted such birds back in the 1980s, at Fogg Dam and Leanyer Sewage Pond. Others also saw similar birds. At the time Hilary and I thought they were Pied Heron/White-faced Heron hybrids. I told Max King, then curator of vertebrates at the NT Museum of Arts and Sciences about the bird. His only suggestion was that I shoot it and bring it in for DNA testing, not really a solution at all for various good reasons. Then about 2000 I spotted another atypical Pied Heron at Leanyer. Apart from being much larger than a typical PH, this bird had some characteristics of White-necked Heron . Since then I¹ve seen a couple of other strange birds, one of which I photographed. I haven¹t time at the moment to dig up my scattered records (scattered because we are still unpacking after shifting to the rural area last year), but I have the photos at hand if anyone is interested. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71, Darwin River, NT 0841 043 8650 835 On 27/1/14 2:32 AM, “notifications@eremaea.com” < notifications@eremaea.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ 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