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W is for white Christmas or white-browed, bellied, eared, throated and winged

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Although snow was seen in parts of Australia this December, the Potato Point area was warm and not unusually white. So you get white birds in honor of the season. The bird above is the white browed babbler, not to be confused with the white-browed scrub wren below!  The scrub wrens seem to be scowling most times. They definitely have a scolding approach to life.  The white throated tree creepers became easier to photograph after Scott explained their habit is to move up one trunk and then fly to the base of the next tree and repeat the process: I followed something else into the scrub and found this juvenile white-winged chough (above). As adults, these birds look like chunky crows. Not adorable as youngsters, either.  In earlier posts you got to see the white-cheeked honey eaters so can refer back to N is for New Holland if you want a more complete representation.  On a larger scale, the white-bellied sea eagles (Dad's sea gulls according to the kids) are common at ...