Anyone that frequented Juanita Bay Park back in the early and mid 2000s will
remember "Whitewall", a leucistic RWBB who thought he owned the central
cattail meadow... One of hundreds of photos of him can be found at
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150320758296276&set=a.10150172392046276.343909.207533451275&type=1...

He really was an entertainer...

00 caren
http://www.ParkGallery.org
george davis creek, north fork


On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 18:16, John Riegsecker <jriegsecker at pobox.com>wrote:

> All,
>
> I took advantage of some sun breaks to watch the Leucistic Red-winged
> Blackbird at the Albertsons in Port Orchard this afternoon. He was quite
> active and vocal again. I noticed when he preened or the wind ruffled his
> feathers, that his breast feathers are mostly snow white except for the
> edges. It's almost as if they are white except for the parts covered by
> other feathers. I've added three photos that show this, the first is here:
>
> http://skygardener.zenfolio.**com/p1041245218/h16299fb0#**h16299fb0<http://skygardener.zenfolio.com/p1041245218/h16299fb0#h16299fb0>
>
> There were many Cedar Waxwings today, sometimes in the same tree as the
> blackbird. Also a Red-tailed Hawk and an Osprey. The only other Red-wing
> Blackbird I've seen was a female today. She snagged two dragonflies while I
> was there.
>
> --
> John Riegsecker
> Gig Harbor, WA
> jriegsecker at pobox dot com
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