Albino Tawny Frogmouth and Other Animals

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This Albino Tawny Frogmouth moved into a local (Byron Bay) caravan park last year, begging for food from holiday makers. The bird was given to Wires to check it out, and after 3 weeks of assessing it, they were convinced it could fend for itself in the wild and it was set free.

Other albinos in the same regional area that have been sighted are a mountain brushtail possum, a white willy wagtail, and an albino hatchling carpet snake that was taken into care when found.

How beautiful is this !!!!!

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This Albino Tawny Frogmouth moved into a local (Byron Bay) caravan park last year, begging for food from holiday makers. The bird was given to Wires to check it out, and after 3 weeks of assessing it, they were convinced it could fend for itself in the wild and it was set free.

Other albinos in the same regional area that have been sighted are a mountain brushtail possum, a white willy wagtail, and an albino hatchling carpet snake that was taken into care when found.

How beautiful is this !!!!!

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Why was the carpet snake taken into care, and the same for the tawny ... were they injured if not they should of been left alone.
 
Not too far away nimbin is about an hour away max..... I used to live near nimbin and we used to have a whole family of those owls ( not albino ones) they were really quite nosey creatures they would sit on a fence really close to u and just watch u lol..... But yes that albino is stunning!!!
 
Why was the carpet snake taken into care, and the same for the tawny ... were they injured if not they should of been left alone.

Think about it.
Carpets sit in trees and ambush prey. If the prey could see it, which it would because the Carpet is white, the prey would not go near it.

Tawnys mimic dead trees at day to avoid predators whilst sleeping. A white Tawny would stand out.
 
Think about it.
Carpets sit in trees and ambush prey. If the prey could see it, which it would because the Carpet is white, the prey would not go near it.

Tawnys mimic dead trees at day to avoid predators whilst sleeping. A white Tawny would stand out.

Most prey animals are colour blind (excepting birds). The colour is less important than the patterning on the animal.

Unless an animal has been disadvantaged to the point where it is likely to die because of human impact then intervention IMO is immoral.
 
Gemrock.....They are not owls, nor are they related to owls. They are related to Nightjays. Owls have large, strong talons for hunting but Tawnys only have small weak feet and mostly hunt with their mouths, catching bugs on the wing (flying). Just correcting....sorry.:)
We had a family of them grow up near us and we watched and photographed them over 9 mths. One of the babies fell out of the tree and we had to climb up and replace it. I love watching these guys hunt at night......totally silent due to the soft feathers on the leading edge of their wings.:)
 
Think about it.
Carpets sit in trees and ambush prey. If the prey could see it, which it would because the Carpet is white, the prey would not go near it.

Tawnys mimic dead trees at day to avoid predators whilst sleeping. A white Tawny would stand out.

Yes but you have said they are both adults, obviously they have been able to hide and fend for themselves. Wires should have known that unless the animal was injured and unable to fend for itself it should of been released immediately

Most prey animals are colour blind (excepting birds). The colour is less important than the patterning on the animal.

Unless an animal has been disadvantaged to the point where it is likely to die because of human impact then intervention IMO is immoral.

Agreed!
 
Something that needs to be taken into account is that Tawny's are night hunters and if they are bright white then hunting could be difficult.
 
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This is a photo of a parent and baby, the albino in the original photo is of an adult.
 
It does say slightly malnourished and it is hunting during the day which sounds like it is slowly adapting to its colour.
 
Something that needs to be taken into account is that Tawny's are night hunters and if they are bright white then hunting could be difficult.

so are barn owls :|

looks like its adapting fairly quickly tho if it is hunting by day
the snake being taken sounds abit sus...

“WIRES has a general rule that if an animal is on the ground and you can approach and place a towel over it, it needs to be checked.”
does anyone find anything weird with this logic above?
 
I know what you mean K3nny, but Tawnys hunt differently to Owls. This is probably why it is trying to hunt during the day and why it is coming closer to human habitation.
 
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