For the last week or so Natalie and I have been watching an albino House
Finch feeding in our yard in North Tacoma, and I am curious just how
common these birds are in the area? The bird is the same size as a
standard House Finch, with a dark eye, but its plumage is a light tan
tone throughout and it has lighter colored legs and a lighter beak than
its relatives. It is feeding on black oil sunflower seeds and the only
difference in its behavior to the rest of the finches is that it is much
more skittish, only staying at the feeder for a short time and staying
much more still in the snowball bush when it sits there between bouts at
the feeder.

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