Chough eye color

[Sonja Ross <>]

Hi Steve,

I've just had a quick list at the photo on your list, and wonder if they could be two Ravens at the back?  I forgot to note where you took the shots though so Ravens is as close as I can suggest.  The bills, apart from the eyes, don't seem quite right for choughs.

Regards,

Sonja

On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 at 17:57, Steve Johnson via Birding-Aus <> wrote:

Hello birders,

Looking through our photos, I found one with interesting contrast between the birds' eye colors.

See the second photo for Chough at this checklist:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S61460739

Two birds there, I assume immatures, appear to have dark eyes.  The one facing the camera seems to have white eyes, not red.  Is that unusual?

I have read that Choughs' eyes can engorge with blood during displays and interactions.  Perhaps this individual is exceptionally serene?

Thanks for any thoughts you may have --

good birding,

Steve Johnson

returned now to the United States, no longer seeing all those wonderful birds Down Under

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