As it happens the below (left) juv curra crossed my
path this morning - showing what is perhaps the more usual
arrangement of white. Of course anyone dissatisfied with that state of
affairs can correct it with a stroke of the digital paintbrush (right).
-----Original Message-----
From: Tun Pin ONG [
Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 8:58 AM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc: Frank Antram; Bruce Ramsay; Canberrabirds
Subject: Pied Currawong Markings
Hi all,
On Mon 25 Jan 2010 afternoon, I saw two currawongs (An adult
and a
dependent young) in Belconnen residential suburb. I
noticed the young
had no white markings at all at its rump area. Whereas
the parent had
only 2/3 of white crescent near the rump.
It seems that it is not uncommon, at least around
Canberra, to have
young currawong with complete lack of white crescent and
for adult to
have partial white at the base of tail.
More explanation on each photo can be found in following
link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tunpin/tags/currawong/
Regards,
Tun Pin ONG
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Philip Veerman
<> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> Yes all fair comments. Actually HANZAB (page 552)
tells us that the base
> of the tail feathers is also white (as well as the
tips or near tips of
> the rump feathers, although that does not appear to
be explained
> properly and the pictures in HANZAB do not help). So
what we get is
> contributed by two groups of feathers. It is not
that unusual to have
> that sort of arrangement.
>
> Philip
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