Hi Wilson,
I agree with you on this that she alarmed birders,even so it turned out to
being a House finch this still is a bird to see there could be quite
pretty.To the fact what I wrote not have guessed it but you know how Patrick
knows it ALMOST all.We hope to get something good on our CBC tomorrow in
Sequim there is a chance.And thank you for the effort to check this sighting
out.

Merry Christmas Ruth Sullivan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson E Cady" <gorgebirds at juno.com>
To: <magun at pacifier.com>
Cc: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: wayward Bunting?-NOT


> I checked for the bird again Sunday morning after Marie called to
> say it was present again. Since there was a couple of inches of snow on
> the ground there were more of every type of species that were there
> yesterday including some not seen on Saturday. I saw and photographed the
> bird in a fairly heavy snowstorm and it is an albino HOUSE FINCH. It is
> the most perfect albino House Finch I have seen right down to a pink
> bill. Other birds present today were SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, NORTHERN
> FLICKER, STELLER'S JAY, WESTERN SCRUB-JAY, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,
> AMERICAN ROBIN, VARIED THRUSH, SPOTTED TOWHEE, SONG SPARROW, HOUSE FINCH,
> PINE SISKIN and HOUSE SPARROW. I thank Marie for posting the sighting of
> this bird as we all would rather chase a bird that turns out to be
> something else than not to chase and find out about a possible rarity
> after the fact.
>
> Wilson Cady
> N45 35.618' W122 13.738'
> Washougal, Skamania County, WA
> gorgebirds at juno.com
>