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Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf
> Of Graeme Chapman
> Sent: Saturday, 26 May 2018 4:51 PM
> To: Stephen Ambrose <>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Scrubwrens
>
> Hello Stephen,
>
> Thought you might like to see this one, an adult WBSW with dependent
> young at my place - Basin View NSW.
>
> Shows the clear normal yellow eye colour of an east coast bird and a juvenile.
>
> How to describe the colour in the juvenile is interesting - grey-green?
>
> The point is that when discussing races/places and eye colour we should be
> careful to only deal with adults.
>
> I believe that the eye colour of young birds changes gradually to yellow (in
> the east) but it may take more than a year.
>
> Cheers
>
> Graeme
>
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