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blue Sparrow in Sydney

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Subject: blue Sparrow in Sydney
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:15:22 +1000
Seeing as the story is from "The Mail", I would tend to think that the story is a load of orchis. Perhaps though, there is the possibility that the sparrow has been feeding on something that contains a blue dye, similar to how the strain of domestic canary, the Red Factor, which is fed on a special food containing a dystuff which causes a red coloration in the feathers.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford

On 29/04/2009, at 9:34 PM, Andrew Taylor wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1173669/Blue-sparrow-mystery-Unique-bird-confounds-experts.htm

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