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Subject: | Re: Mystery Parrot Solved! |
From: | Jeff Crocombe <> |
Date: | Fri, 18 Sep 1998 15:15:06 +1000 |
Recently I had an experience that tested my bird ID skills. I saw a small brown bird in our garden (Bendigo, VIC). My immediate thought was that it was a sparrow: same size, similer colouration. a closer look ruled that out, it had a white underbelly, some white tailfeathers, and appeared to have a yellow wash running through it. After exhausting my Simpson & Day I was in the midst of photographing this mystery bird when the light dawned: it was a canary. It now resides in a cage in my study after no-one claimed it. I second those motions that suggest perusing the stock of petstores to avoid embarrassment over extravagent claims for new species. Jeff Crocombe |
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