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Strange Ibis at South Ballina

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Subject: Strange Ibis at South Ballina
From: "Mike Carter" <>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 15:09:08 +1000
On 9 May, Alistair Stewart left a message on my phone to advise that he had 
seen a strange White Ibis. The major difference was that it was much larger 
than the normal looking Australian White Ibis that it was with. Today I 
received some photos which reveal little except that it is juvenile bird. 
Anyone in the Ballina area might like to keep a lookout for it .Unfortunately 
none show an open wing. I don't know whether Black-headed Ibis is larger or not 
than our Australian bird but otherwise there could be a very slim chance that 
it could be that species. His message is below.

Hi Mike,
Here are some bad phone photos of the ibis. There are 8 of the pale headed bird 
and one normal Aus White Ibis.
Driving passed I noticed the bird was larger and obviously whiter on the head. 
Side by side with adult White Ibis it appeared 8-10% larger with legs slightly 
sturdier and bill obviously longer. I'm not sure how plastic the bill length is 
but that seemed odd that it was larger than all other (about 10 individuals) 
White Ibis on the lawn. 


Location was approximately:
570 River Drive, Empire Vale, New South Wales



I'm out of mobile range so email is my only contact today.


Cheers
Al

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