The first leucistic sparrow I remember seeing was indeed a Song Sparrow
with a white tail, several years ago in NC. I have seen a couple of others
since. I also have seen leucistic Dark-eyed Juncos. I probably have seen
more leucistic Robins than anything else, but also "Frosty," Red-tailed
Hawks, House Finches, Starlings, Goldfinches, Crows, among others.
Phil Dickinsn
Phil Dickinson
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 4:40 PM Gary Bletsch <
garybletsch at yahoo.com> wrote:
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Dear Tweeters,
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Today (the tenth of December) I saw a beautiful leucistic Fox Sparrow at
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Northern State Recreation Area, near Sedro-Woolley. Most of the bird was
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snow-white, but the head was a mix of white with the normal rusty red. The
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bird was more shy than any of the other birds in the mixed sparrow flock
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with it, so I was able to snap only a few very bad, incomplete photos, as
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it lurked in the blackberry tangle.
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That was the sixth time I'd seen leucism in Fox Sparrows. By contrast, I
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have observed leucism in Song Sparrows only twice, although I have observed
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Song Sparrows about 7.5 times more frequently than Fox Sparrows. Does that
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mean that leucism is 20 times more frequent in Fox than Song? Perhaps not,
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but still!
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Later on, I saw the Bald Eagle that Marv Breece has dubbed "Frosty." This
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bird keeps staying around the Samish West Ninety.
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The best bird of the day for me, though, was a Clark's Grebe! It was at
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the Samish Island Public Beach, AKA DNR Park or Samish Island Beach Access.
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This bird was with a small flock of Red-necked Grebes, Common Loons, and
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Red-throated Loons. They all swam off to the west as I was observing the
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Clark's Grebe--too far for me to take any photos, sorry to say.
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Yours truly,
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Gary Bletsch
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