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Old 08-04-2008, 08:05 PM
Endrick Endrick is offline
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Re: Bird of the day!

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Originally Posted by pressld2 View Post
Hi Endrick and a warm welcome to WAB!

The white head and neck feathers are developed by some individuals in the breeding season. I hadn't seen it myself until earlier this year when there were several white headed birds in my local river, the Thames.

I started a thread about it which is here, and was pointed to an earlier thread on the same subject which is here.

Dave P.
Thanks for that, I've been watching a particular group of about 30 for some years and this is the only one with this particular coloration. I'd never seen it before.

Malcolm
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