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Scrubwrens

To: 'Mike Carter' <>, 'Graeme Chapman' <>, "" <>
Subject: Scrubwrens
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 02:32:18 +0000
Graeme's photo was removed by the list server, for some reason. Here it is, 
hopefully.

Peter Shute

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf
> Of Mike Carter
> Sent: Friday, 27 April 2018 11:05 AM
> To: 'Graeme Chapman' <>;
> 
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Scrubwrens
>
> Hi Graeme, Your postscript line implied you were attaching a photo of a
> Kangaroo Island Spotted Scrubwren but I couldn't see one. Here is a shot of
> mine from Kangaroo Island taken in the late evening. To me the eye seems
> to have more of a greenish tinge. Local Victorian birds look white-eyed to
> me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike Carter, 03 5977 1262
> 181/160 Mornington-Tyabb Road
> Mornington, VIC 3931, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf
> Of Graeme Chapman
> Sent: 26 April 2018 10:52 AM
> To: 
> Cc: 
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Scrubwrens
>
> Hello Kev,
>
> It would be interesting to me to know the eye colour of the White-browed
> Scrubwrens from the Adelaide hills. If anybody knows, please inform us.
>
> Adult White-brows from the east coast have yellow eyes.
>
> All the Spotted Scrubwrens I have seen and photographed have blue eyes - a
> very different look.
>
> It has been suggested to me that this might be a latitude thing.
>
> Cheers
>
> Graeme
>
>
> This is a Kangaroo Island Spotted  - might well be closer to White-browed but
> DNA isn't the last word.
>
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