We had a female house wren at our place about 3 years ago with similar type
wing markings on one wing. Is there a trend towards albinism/sports? We
never saw her again.

Sue, Zillah

At 10:14 PM 8/14/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I saw quite an odd crow yesterday in Yakima. It had two white wing bars,
>with the rest of the bird looking like a regular American Crow. When
>flying, the top side of the wings looked very much like a greater scaup's.
>I realize this crow probably just showed some albinoism but it was so
>uniform that I hoped it was an unusual Asian crow just lost in Yakima. I
>have been assured that all crows are black and only black, except for
albinos.
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>Denny Granstrand
>Yakima, WA
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