On Thu, 16 Mar 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:
> We have received 2 albino starlings at the Slater Museum, both juveniles
> but separated in space and time (i.e., not from the same brood). These are
> the only pure albinos that have come in in the 5 years I've been here. I
> personally have never seen a pure albino (with red eyes) in nature. Have
> any of you tweeters?

Notes on 3 totally white birds. One was a starling in the Auburn
Valley last March. It was in a huge flock though, so no news on its eye
color or leg color. There was not a dark feather on it, though. A
totally white Robin was at Dungeness Spit in January 1992 (not actually
out on the spit). Again, I never got to see the eye color, it wasn't
very friendly. Maybe it was self-conscious about its color. A totally
white Whimbrel was on Cape Cod in July 1992, but it had brown eyes and legs.

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Univ. of Washington, Seattle
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