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On Sunday [18/7/99] on the bar off the mouth of the
Little River at Werribee,we watched a very pale Double-banded Plover for about
an hour through a 20-60x scope.There were twenty or more normal DBPs onthe bank
the majority in breeding plumage,and a few Red-capped Plovers, many Red-necked
Stints,three Pied Oystercatchers with an assortment of coloured and metal
legbands, Silver Gulls and a Fairy Tern.
The albinistic individual was all off-white
except for dark eyes and normally coloured black and chestnut breast
bands.Head,back,wings and tail were all offwhite.It was actively running around
like the others but would be chased off if it went too close to one of the
others.It stood out on the dark bank and amongst the other birds.On a sandy bank
it would have been inconspicuous.
Michael
& penny Hunter.
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