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Albino Eastern Reef Egret

To: Nikolas Haass <>
Subject: Albino Eastern Reef Egret
From: Tom Tarrant <>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:10:49 +1000
Most readers of Stewart's email could probably ascertain that the Kimberley
is a part of Australia......

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:

> Interesting!! Which continent, country, state is that at?
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> Nikolas Haass
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> Sydney, NSW
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Stewart Ford <>
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> Sent: Mon, June 21, 2010 1:34:10 PM
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Albino Eastern Reef Egret
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> On a recent trip to the Kimberley we came across an albino Eastern Reef
> Egret which appears to be resident around the King George Falls area.
>  Anyone travelling to the falls might want to look out for it, it is quite
> an interesting bird.  At first I thought it was simply a white phase reef
> egret but closer views revealed no pigmentation in the eye, beak or lores
> and almost completely white legs.  It was seen hunting below both 'halves'
> of the falls, standing (quite impressively) on small rock ledges in the
> sheer vertical cliffs, just above the water.
>
>
> Stewart Ford
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