Subject: [Tweeters] White robin
Date: Mar 4 17:54:26 2008
From: Robert Pisano - pisano at nwlink.com


Hi Carol, et. al.,

It's probably a leucistic, (partially albino), individual.

Have seen same in Chickadees, House Finches and others.

Cheers,
Robert Pisano / Seattle


On Mar 4, 2008, at 5:50 PM, Gary Bletsch wrote:

> Dear Carol and Tweeters,
>
> Small world--I live on Healy Road, which is an obscure
> country lane, and I saw that very robin last week!
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Gary Bletsch
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> --- Carol Perry <cdperry at isomedia.com> schrieb:
>
>> This morning I saw a robin which had a lot of white
>> mottling. The head was dark with a few white
>> feathers, lower breast was red, but everywhere else
>> it showed a lot of white and also had a large, white
>> rump patch. It was seen east of Sedro Woolley south
>> of HWY 20 on Healy Road in a field on the east side
>> of the road.
>>
>> Carol Perry
>> cdperry at isomedia.com >
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