um, no, definitely not. wrong habitat type, wrong markings and wrong
colors, too small, voice is wrong.

regards,


Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
Love the creator? Then protect the creation.

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, L. Friend wrote:

> Deborah,
>
> Could it have been a varied thrush? They are not pale, but they do
> whistle in a distinctive manner, and they can be confused with robins.
>
> Laura Friend
> Newcastle, WA
> lcf at u.washington.edu
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Deborah Wisti-Peterson wrote:
>
> >
> > hello tweets,
> >
> > yesterday, as i was cutting across campus, i saw a very pale (female?)
> > american robin that, upon closer inspection, turned out to have a
> > large white area on her belly, with white blotches on her breast.
> > overall, she (?) was quite pale and washed-out, looking like someone
> > had run her through the wash with a little bleach added!
> >
> > nice looking bird, i thought!
> >
> > she (?) was with several other normally-colored robins, all female.
> > one of these birds -- i'd like to think it was this pale one -- was
> > making a sort of singing sound, not a typical robin's song, but a
> > sort of whistle. since the other two birds were picking worms from the
> > soil, and this pale bird was simply standing still, i thought that
> > this bird might also be some sort of ventrilloquist, since the beak was
> > pressed shut, but sound was still being made.
> >
> > this really happened, it is not a late april fool's joke. although, i
> > am most pleased to know that a few of you, at least, did enjoy that
> > little joke i passed on to the list the other day (heehee). i was
> > especially delighted to send out a few "gotcha!" messages, too.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
> > Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
> > Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
> > Love the creator? Then protect the creation.
> >
> >
>
>