Roger Peffer wrote

>Our hypothesis is that the partial albinism in our juncos could be due to

>"stress" during molting from the Chelan County Fires . This stress could

>include (as you mentioned below) dietary imbalance from all the habitat
that was
>destroyed or altered. We only see them on the feeders in the fall and
spring.
>They appear to be at a slightly higher elevation during the summer, and
lower
>elevations during most of winter. It will be interesting to compare plumage
if
>we can recapture one of these birds after it has gone thru another molt.

I admit I haven't given this any thought, but I always assumed ( a bad word)
that our wintering juncos actually summer farther north in probably the
Yukon. I should do a little research before I write a note , but...

Jerry Tangren
Washington State University
Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
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