>Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:28:46 -0400
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>From: "David S. Christie" <maryspt at nbnet.nb.ca>
>Subject: Re: albino chickadees & ravens
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>Poster: "David S. Christie" <maryspt at NBNET.NB.CA>
>Subject: Re: albino chickadees & ravens
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>I've been watching and feeding Black-capped Chickadees in New Brunswick for
>40 years and don't remember ever seeing one that was partly albino. My
>feeders (5 locations) were in low-density residential or rural areas except
>one in an urban residential location for 11 years. I don't recall any of my
>birding acquaintances mentioning a partial albino chickadee to me, but my
>memory might not be as good in that regard. There was a well-publicized
>leucistic chickadee (at first thought to be a Siberian Tit) in Edmonton,
>Alberta about ten years ago.
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>On the other hand, we have had a recent rash of albinistic Common Ravens in
>New Brunswick. I hadn't heard of one previously but in summer 1992 a
>complete albino was present for 3 months near Bathurst until someone shot
>it. This summer a complete albino immature was picked up in emaciated
>condition west of Fredericton and a partial albino was seen on Lameque
>Island. The latter bird resembled an African Pied Crow (Corvus albus) but
>the white of the neck collar did not extend down onto the lower breast and
>belly.
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>Have albino ravens been seen elsewhere recently?
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>David Christie
>Mary's Point, RR 2, Albert, N.B. Canada
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