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Little Egret dark morph on Gold Coast, Qld

To: "Nikolas Haass" <>, "BIRDING-AUS" <>
Subject: Little Egret dark morph on Gold Coast, Qld
From: "Mike Carter" <>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:03:21 +1000
Well I can't argue with the chemistry of pigmentation you expressed here 
because it is over my head but I will question your science. I dispute your 
initial premise that the leg colour is abnormal and therefore due to 'leukism' 
or leucism if there is such a word. Yellow in the legs is not abnormal in a 
juvenile Little Egret.
I'll post another photo of the Gold Coast bird on Eremaea Australia.

Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136




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