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Mystery bird

To: Michael Hunter <>
Subject: Mystery bird
From: Tony Russell <>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:55:07 +0930
In past years I have searched the lower Murray for remnants but never had a sniff of the once small population there. Assumed extinct.

Tony

On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 19:59, Michael Hunter <> wrote:
You are probably right. Difficult to accept a colony of Bishops.
A lousy picture and probably colour distortion.
But do WTGerygones form flocks ?

Sent from my iPhone

> On 18 Aug 2020, at 6:31 pm, "Philip Veerman" <> wrote:
>
> I see a yellow blob. Hard to make out a bird, but I will believe that. Inasmuch as I see a bird, above the yellow is a small white bit that suggests to me White-throated Gerygone. Is there a connection between that message and "The bird is a yellow South African Bishop I think.  Possibly remnant of a cony of escapees that was once living somewhere along the Hawksbury and lower Murray, but not to my knowledge reported for years.
> Came to me at 2.00 am."
>
> Are you suggesting a small flock of yellow South African Bishop? Very unlikely........
>
> Philip
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>               Michael
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> -----Original Message-----
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> What is this bird photographed in Mulgoa. Valley  last week , one of a small flock.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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