The ABC ‘Painting Australia’ program last
Tuesday was set at Mullumbimby in the Byron Bay hinterland. I was puzzled
by the brief shot of a flock of black and white birds flying by at dusk.
They looked long-tailed and at first sight I took them for some kind of
heron. Then I wondered if the shot was slowed down to make it a little
more cinegenic. Having examined a frame, I can only think of White-headed
Pigeons, a common enough bird for that area. I am at a loss to explain
the apparent black caps and the dark bellies on all of them, though.
