I agree with you Mick, the bird posted is more likely to be a first year
local, cheers Jeff.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Mick Roderick
Sent: Monday, 15 October 2012 1:51 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Nominate Little Egret at WTP on Birdline
Hi all,
Well, we haven't a decent Little Egret discussion for a while, so why not
open the can of worms?
I am not so sure that the "nominate" Little Egret posted by Paul and Ruth
from WTP yesterday is such. I have seen nigripes/immaculata Little Egrets
look very much like this bird. There was a lengthy discussion on this topic
back in March 2008 after I saw a similar bird in Sydney. If you dare, see
the beginning of that thread at
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/birding-aus/2008-03/msg004
56.html which includes some images of that bird and comments from many
people. Note that I never claimed that bird as a potential nominate bird (I
discounted that notion as I mentioned on the email) - I was just eager for
comment on 'Aussie' Little Egrets with yellow-tinged feet and legs.
Others expressed that they had seen nigripes/immaculata with legs and feet
like the Sydney bird (and like the Birdline bird from yesterday). There are
apparently also differences in the gape (per Mike Carter's comments on the
2005 Fogg Dam bird) but this isn't visible in the Birdline image.
I would expect a nominate bird to have completely yellow feet, like (and
borrowing an analogy here) it had walked through 2cm of yellow paint.
What do others think?
Mick
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