Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Osprey sight brings bonus flight

Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) on driftwood and in air offers bonus sight along Lucinda sandspit today.
Target bird, leucistic Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), showed up and showed out, but did not allow any closeups. 
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4 comments:

  1. SonjaDecember 18, 2013 at 8:39 PM

    It really does look odd, doesn't it!

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  2. mickDecember 20, 2013 at 10:02 AM

    An amazing bird that leucistic Eastern Curlew! and great to get a photo of it.

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  3. David M. Gascoigne,December 20, 2013 at 11:48 AM

    Leucistic birds are especially interesting. We had a leucistic American Robin in our neighborhood this year.

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  4. Denis WilsonDecember 21, 2013 at 9:09 AM

    Nice find, Tony.
    Denis

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