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| Subject: | Re: Pale snipe |
| From: | "David Geering"<> |
| Date: | Thu, 26 Nov 1998 08:17:23 +1000 |
My experience of banding snipe in NSW, over 100 banded last summer near Newcastle, are that the palest birds handled almost invariably have very worn plumage. The birds are moulting while in Australia. It could be that the very pale birds are those in their second year, that is, they might have retained that plumage longer than older birds. Danny Rogers may have more to say on this? David Geering |
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