It appears that the Good Lord has been trying His hand at mutation breeding . again . . (doesn't He know that it is unnatural??) . . with an extremely light coloured B-S Dove appearing in our yard and feeding at the Guinea Fowl seed dish with normal coloured mates and Cresteds
Haven't seen it for a couple of days now, and hope that it hasn't fallen prey to the Goshawk that appears annually with the onset of the cooler weather
Obviously I will try for a photo . . and if it does keep returning I may have to offer up a little prayer to that same Good Lord beginning with: "Lead me not into temptation . .
Dilute(?) Bar-Shouldered Dove
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Love it!arthur wrote: Obviously I will try for a photo . . and if it does keep returning I may have to offer up a little prayer to that same Good Lord beginning with: "Lead me not into temptation . .
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If one has avairies, and native birds of a type on both the inside and outside, temptation can be a problem. Fortunately this does not happen here.
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Yes mutations appear in nature...usually for the betterment of the species...but as you suggested if it falls to prey it wont establish.... thats how I was taught at school..
correct me if I'm wrong..
correct me if I'm wrong..
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so does that make it an unnatural establishment..arthur wrote:I suggest that its establishment, or otherwise, depends very much on to whom it falls prey . .
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I had the pleasure the other day watching about 20 feral pigeons feeding on the local oval, all were grey/blue bar one, it was a fawn brown colour... Well the peregrine knew which one it was aiming for. As the flock flushed at the presence on the peregrine, they got to about 2 m off the ground before the brown one became lunch. An awesome sight, but I'm sure that pigeon wishes it were grey.
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vettepilot_6 wrote:so does that make it an unnatural establishment..arthur wrote:I suggest that its establishment, or otherwise, depends very much on to whom it falls prey . .
It may well do . .
And I am happy to go on record as an antidisestablishmentarian, in matters such as this
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the brown one became lunch.
Which just goes to show that standing out from the crowd will get you noticed. In bad ways as well as good.
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Which just goes to show that standing out from the crowd will get you noticed. In bad ways as well as good.
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