Thanks for passing that on, Geoffrey, but I wouldn't mind knowing what the
features on this bird are that make it obvious it is a 'dilute mutation'?
I don't have much experience of Turquoise Parrots - this was the first I'd
seen in about ten years - but it looked like the genuine article to me,
even if the locality was a little unusual!
Regards
Frank
> Sorry about that blank.
>
> Joe Forshaw says that it is evident from the pics that the Turquoise
> Parrot
> is an escapee, being a 'dilute mutation'.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Antram
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:05 PM
> To: COG list
> Subject: [canberrabirds] Turquoise Parrot at Jerra Wetlands
>
>
> Alastair Smith and I found a female Turquoise Parrot at Jerrabomberra
> Wetlands this afternoon. Also seen later by Peter Milburn and Michael
> Wright. I got a number of photos - none of them very good (one day I'll
> get
> a good camera!), but three of the better ones attached. It was in the
> scrub
> on the hill on left hand side of the path just after the bridge. It spent
> some time feeding in the grass adjacent to the main path.
>
> Other species at Kellys included Glossy Ibis, Whiskered Tern, Sharp-tailed
> Sandpiper, Buff-banded Rail, Aust Spotted Crake, Spotless Crake.
>
> Regards
> Frank
>
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