Subject: Leucistic American Robin?
Date: Mar 9 16:25:03 2004
From: B. Kildow - tracker99 at foxinternet.net


Here's a site with a picture:
http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index2.html They actually have two
pictures of Leucistic robins. The first appears to be a true albino,
but the second photo shows a pale bird with reddish breast. That must
have been quite a sight!! I'll have to keep an eye out for him (or her,
as the case may be).

Bryn Kildow
Olympia, WA


ZINGIE at aol.com wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Today on the Evergreen campus, I noticed a very light colored bird in
> with a flock of American Robins. At first I thought it was a mourning
> dove but I quickly realized that it was a cream colored American
> Robin! It was not an albino because it had a light red breast and dark
> eyes. However, it's legs and feet were very light. I watched it for a
> while, wishing I had my camera.
> I've never seen anything like it and I can't find any pictures on the
> internet that look like the bird I saw. Most of the pictures are of
> albino robins.
> Has anyone seen a robin like this before?
>
> Also, for anyone wondering, the banded raven I saw a few weeks ago in
> the Hoh rain forest was banded by Dr. John Marzluff. Bill Webb is
> currently working on the project and told me he would let me know if
> he found out any details about the bird.
>
> Simone Cook
> Seattle/Olympia
> ZINGIE at al.com <mailto:ZINGIE at al.com>