Wild Bird Mutations

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arthur
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I'd go with dilute

Have heard of them . . but first pic I've seen

Also same/ similar mutation is found in Peewees (Murray Magpies to the southerners)

Any pix??? . . or anyone keeping them???
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Pete Sara
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We have one almost identicle to that magpie over here in a suburb called lathlain . I was watching it for years to see if it had off spring, amazing to look at but this was before digital cameras....pete
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BluJay

Off topic, but I think the Magpies you have here, make the most beautiful sound. Kind of sci fi sound, but it is awesome. Miss feeding those silly birds :D
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Update on Cream coloured Noisy Minor, It is a Male and nothing from it this time last year just Normals but today i seen another 2 of them probably just a touch darker. So not sure if they have come from this bird or another normal pair.
Breeding Show Zebra Finches, Blue Gouldians, Pied Orange Breast.
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BlackCobra
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I have seen a white hawk around here a couple of times over the last few years, he looks really nice, I took a pic but didn't turn out too sharp.
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That's probably a white morph grey goshawk, not a mutation
Julian

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BlackCobra
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Jayburd wrote:That's probably a white morph grey goshawk, not a mutation
It was a Goshawk, I had a goshawk up on my farm in Breeza about 30 years ago, it had been shot, its funny, everyone use to bring me the sick birds they found, I had the hawk for a while until I found a good home for him, It was fun watching him catch mice when we had a mouse plague at that time.
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mattymeischke
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Another unusual magpie, this one from Beechworth (Vic):
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Seen in Dubbo by a member of Dubbo Bird Pages ( facebook group ) recently .

May need to tilt head slightly as stupid photo-bucket wouldn't resize properly.

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That one of Mattys's is pretty. And yours is a real ino Deb. Well so much for mutations being unnatural.
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