An adult normally-feathered Noisy Miner is perched on a paperbark limb on the left. On the right, is a white chick with yellow primary feathers begging for food.
The white Noisy Miner chick is perched on a paperbark limb with blue sky and green leaves in the background. The juvenile's primary wing feathers are edged with yellow. The normally black eye patch is also yellow.
The white Noisy Miner chick is perched on a paperbark limb with blue sky and green leaves in the background. The juvenile is looking upward, and the primary wing feathers are edged with yellow. The normally black eye patch is also yellow as is a patch under the beak at the throat.
I'd never seen or heard of a white Noisy Miner before, until now~! Seems it occurs irregularly in Miners, going by the last pic which is a screengrab from Google.
Hervey Bay, Qld.
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