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BIG NEWS: THE HYBRID GANNET
Posted on the 14th December 2011(Trevor's RARE BIRD NEWS this evening has a very interesting sentence in it. I will load the pic of this hybrid bird as soon as I receive it. Note the pale eye (as in Cape Gannet) and the short gular stripe (as in Australian Gannet).) - Ed.
We quote: 'Also of interest, it was confirmed this morning that there are now 2 AUSTALASIAN GANNETS on Malgas Island in Saldahna Bay as well as a hybrid Cape X Australasian Gannet!'
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| 'The hybrid bird'. Image: Peter Chadwick |
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| Dark eye of Australian Gannet. Image: Robin Sherry |
COMMENTS
822this one must be even harder to spot than the pure bred Australasian Gannet !! Lovely clear photo. Thank you
Thanks so much for this Anton, will look fwd to the photo.
We were lucky enough to get the entire ring number of the Oz bird on photo, so I reported it to the Fitztitute. It has been handed to Dr. Dieter Oschadleus, and I have been told he will contact me.
Will let you know if the one I found is one of the two immigrants, or if there is, perhaps a third one.
Seeing that so many Safricans are in Oz, it's only fair that we get something back from them !!
Thank you and best regards
Heidi Duncan