We have two Piebald Towhees down the road from where I live in Snohomish
County. Pure white heads, red eyes.

Rob Sandelin
Sky Valley Environments <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists
Floriferous at msn.com


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From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of B. A. Wolfe
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 7:18 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Piebald AMRO


Hiya tweets,

Yesterday late morning I was walking back home from Broadway and saw a ton
of robins in my neighborhood. I estimated 400 or so, which was highly
surprising for my stret. I have seen a lot more robins around the Madrone
trees this season, but not normally this large a group in my neighborhood.
Anyway, the interesting thing was 2 aberrant birds in the group. One had an
entirely white head, and the other had a mostly hite head. I was within
about 10 feet of both of them, and in all other ays they looked and acted
like robins. They were almost scary looking, as their heads were really bone
white making their large dark eyes really stand out. My wife and I called
them piebald robins, but ar curious if this is a common recessive trait or
not. I don't recall having scene this before, certainly not to the extent of
these 2 birds.

Thanks folks! Good birding!

Brett A. Wolfe gismybabe at yahoo.com Seattle, WA





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