hello michelle,

were the feathers fully grown or still partially encased in the
feather sheath?

regards,

Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
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On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 MBlanchrd at aol.com wrote:

> Hi, tweeters,
>
> Today, 5 Oct 00, at 0951, I saw a crow with white wings and possibly a white tail and rump. It was walking around the golf course on McChord Air Force Base, about fifteen feet from Fairway Drive. They appeared to be hunting for worms.
> It was with four other crows, all of them normal black.
> Other than the color, it appeared to be a totally normal crow.
> Actually, it was quite handsome. The white was symmetrical on both wings and covered the lower three fourths of the wing, in other words, the shoulders were black. I didn't see if the tail was white, it may have been.
> Michelle
> MBlanchrd at aol.com
> Oly, WA
>