Aussie Finch Forum

A couple of years ago i had seen a few Pied Sparrows in Melbourne.
And now about 2-3 months ago i seen a Cream Noisy Miner around, To this day it is still here and may even have a partner. Could be interesting to see if it throws some off its self.

I have a pied crow living around here but never have the camera when i see its and always too far off.I also had young butcher bird that had grey feathering instead of the brown that juveniles have.That young bird was blind in one eye and i dont think it would have survived.

Talking birds newspaper this month has a pic of an Albino Kookaburra found alive and well in Qld , also a nice piece on Emblemas and Red Rumps if any one is interested .

desertbirds wrote:I have a pied crow living around here but never have the camera when i see its and always too far off.I also had young butcher bird that had grey feathering instead of the brown that juveniles have.That young bird was blind in one eye and i dont think it would have survived.

I also have seen a pied crow around my place here in Brisbane!

wasn't there an article on wild mutations in a fairly recent birdkeeper?
They had a blue pelican

I've seen cinnamon crested pigeons and white Currawongs here.

Best I've got is a white pacific swallow that lives around the Institute. It doesn't seem to be shunned by the others but he sure stands out so lucky for him that sadly there are very few raptors around. A swallow being hunted by the tiny Philippine Falconette would be a spectacle.

Gorge wildlife park collected albinos at one stage and they had kookaburras,roos ect.My mum reckons she had a yellow ringneck (Australian) with a plum coloured head.It was hanging out with other ringnecks and the same size as the others.I dont think it was a plum headed parrot ."Trap it " i said but it was only seen once.What makes me smile here at the moment is seeing crows feed young Channel Billed Cuckoos.Crows are smart but still get conned into rearing these huge chicks.Channel Billed cuckoos also must be the most hated species of bird.Every time you see them they are being chased and generally by more than one other species.Oops i went off topic.

The origonal blue budgie came from the wild, & would imagine a few other natives have as well, blue red rumps & streaky rainbows come to mind, as did a blue scalie but it only lasted a couple of weeks.

I have a group of house sparrows that come into the garden on a regular basis. We call them "The Bakery Bunch" because several of them have white flight feathers (for the non bakers White Wings is a company that makes packet cakes)