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Slowly but surely!

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

The occurrence of mutations is perfectly natural.

Their persistence in the wild as anything more than an infrequent oddity is not, unless it confers some selective survival advantage.

They are interesting to witness nonetheless.

Other recent sightings- blue scaly-breasted lorikeets; lutino Gang-Gang cockatoo.

"The occurrence of mutations is perfectly natural.
Their persistence in the wild as anything more than an infrequent oddity is not, unless it confers some selective survival advantage."
Exactly what I was saying in my own warped way.
LML

Hi all,

Not a mutation but a hybrid. http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSi ... Birdline=6

Go to 3rd of Jan. Superb x king parrot.

Cheers Ian

Rather than an intergeneric hybrid could it be a yellow mutation in the king parrot?

'Shape' of bird says Superb x King

found these pix while googling the other day.

Crested pigeon in cinnamon and pied

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V8TS ... o+best.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4EJ7 ... bino+2.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-C1U4 ... lbino1.jpg
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n463 ... /002-1.jpg

Never seen any mutations in them guys and I've seen a few. Nice looking birds for those of us who like mutations.
LML

I've seen pied King Parrots around Newcastle (a common mutation apparently) and a silver Noisy Miner here in Maitland.

Ive seen this Butcher Bird hanging around for a while trying to get the finches. He relentlessly goes from one side of the aviary to the other and the other day I caught him up not to harm him but to relocate him far far away. The dam thing can bite, I thought it would bite like a magpie or similar but the flaming thing bit down on my palm like a medium size parrot which took me by surprise, that hook just sank straight into my palm. No wonder they are so dangerous to smaller birds.