A friend has just sent me some photos of a leucistic Australian Magpie that he saw about 3 weeks ago. What makes it even more unusual is that it was one of two that were together. “There were two of them feeding on the side of the road & as I approached them I thought they must have been feral pigeons. As I passed them I realised that they weren’t, so I turned around & went back. One flew off followed by a standard magpie & the other one hung around.” I can only assume that the two were hatched from the same clutch . Has this been recorded before? Date was Oct 17. Location 2.5 to 3 km from Nundle on the Hanging Rock road. -31.4729, 151.1551 Roger Giller.
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Don’t know about leucistic Magpies but we had at least 3 Melanistic maggies here in WA a few years ago that seemed to represent at least two generations. ________________________________________ Sent: Friday, 6 November 2015 7:36 PM A friend has just sent me some photos of a leucistic Australian Magpie that he saw about 3 weeks ago. What makes it even more unusual is that it was one of two that were together. “There were two of them feeding on the side of the road & as I approached them I thought they must have been feral pigeons. As I passed them I realised that they weren’t, so I turned around & went back. One flew off followed by a standard magpie & the other one hung around.” I can only assume that the two were hatched from the same clutch . Has this been recorded before? Date was Oct 17. Location 2.5 to 3 km from Nundle on the Hanging Rock road. -31.4729, 151.1551 Roger Giller.
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