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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.