Hi Dave,
It is almost certainly a leucistic New Holland Honeyeater that I found and
photographed near the last carpark at the beach BBQ area last week. It has a
black head and yellow patches in the wing and tail but the rest of the bird's
plumage is cream. When I get around to converting the images from raw format to
jpg I'll send you some record shots.
Regards
Rohan
Dr Rohan Clarke
Threatened Mallee Bird Project
Zoology Department
La Trobe University
Bundoora 3086
Ph: 03 9479 1672 Mobile 0408 947001
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Behalf Of Dave Torr
Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2004 1:16 PM
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Subject: Mystery bird at Pt Cook
Just returned from a BOCA outing at Pt Cook (SW Melbourne). Weather was
cold, wet and windy - not conducive for great birding. Several of us saw a
mystery bird flying low over some scrub. It looked about the same size (or
maybe a bit bigger) than the numerous New Holland Honeyeaters that were
present, but seemed to be a very pale cream/almost white all over, with the
possible exception of a dark patch on the head. Views were very brief in
very poor light.
Any clues?
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