Mission Accomplished
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382312)
Rockingham, Australia
September 19, 2025 8:00am CST
I wrote about a white wattle-bird appearing in my brother-in-law’s garden. We drove there this afternoon and saw the bird as soon as we pulled up. It was feasting on a grevillea and we snapped photos of it for half-an-hour or so. We thought 40 or 50 photos each was probably enough! 
We’re still trying to find out just exactly what it is. An albino bird should have pink eyes but this has dark eyes. Our best guess is that it is leucistic meaning it lacks normal pigmentation. There are some dark colours along the wings and in some of the tail feathers.
My photos aren’t the best. My only excuse is that he/she didn’t stay still for very long at a time.
We’re still trying to find out just exactly what it is. An albino bird should have pink eyes but this has dark eyes. Our best guess is that it is leucistic meaning it lacks normal pigmentation. There are some dark colours along the wings and in some of the tail feathers.
My photos aren’t the best. My only excuse is that he/she didn’t stay still for very long at a time.11 people like this
12 responses
@DaddyEvil (174588)
• United States
19 Sep
You should stop making excuses for your photos. They always look good to me.
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@DaddyEvil (174588)
• United States
20 Sep
@JudyEv You're very welcome. 
When photos aren't as good as you'd hoped, then it's the fault of the equipment, not of the photographer. How have you not learned that vital piece of information yet, Dearheart? 
When photos aren't as good as you'd hoped, then it's the fault of the equipment, not of the photographer. How have you not learned that vital piece of information yet, Dearheart? 1 person likes this
@luisadannointed (11847)
• Philippines
23 Sep
They are lovely!!!
You can't see that in the city all the time, if we want to see nature and wildlife, we have to go to provinces.
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@luisadannointed (11847)
• Philippines
23 Sep
@JudyEv Yeah, good for you guys. Everything in the city is being developed.
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@Deepizzaguy (122232)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Sep
Nice looking bird on this post.
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@LindaOHio (222610)
• United States
20 Sep
The pictures look great to me. I hope you get some answers.
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@FourWalls (86765)
• United States
19 Sep
Beautiful bird! I wonder if it could be “white” instead of “albino.” You know JJ lives in the “albino squirrel capital of the world,” Olney, Illinois. There are albino squirrels but there are ALSO white squirrels that don’t have the pink eyes. Anything to confuse us, right?
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@Marilynda1225 (91126)
• United States
19 Sep
That bird is really beautiful and I've never seen anything like it before. I think your pictures are really good. It will be interesting to know if you ever find out what type of bird it is.
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