Subject: Robin?
Date: Jan 13 09:29:00 2003
From: Henne Queisser - henneq at wrq.com


We're new to birding so are not sure if this is unusual. On Saturday, in
our Mercer Island yard, we saw an almost entirely white bird. It was
similar to a robin in shape and size. It had a yellow beak and a few black
streaks on its wings and tail. The lower half of the breast was a splotchy
orange, the top half of the breast was all white. The legs were darker
yellow/orange. The eye was dark. We did not see an eye ring or noticeable
identification marks around the eye. It did not come to the bird feeder.
It perched in a tree along with three robins.

Was this an "albino" robin?

Thanks.

Henne Queisser/Ed Freedman
Mercer Island, WA