[LRflex] Re: White Grebe
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:41:20 -0700
Linda wrote:
Very nice photo , although I wouldn't know it was an albino.
Thanks, Linda!
Here is a shot of the parent (much more white) with it's normally
coloured mate. They are feeding their young .. and one of these
babies is likely a parent of the bird I photographed yesterday.
http://www.furnfeather.net/Prints/nab_rn_grebe.htm
And, of course, these birds are not albino... but "albinistic" (close
to albino). Along the way, one of the parents was likely a full
albino, but I have not seen that bird. And, with each generation in
which they mate with a normally coloured bird, the offspring get more
and more colour until, many generations on, they will look like any
other Red Necked Grebe.
BTW: The zebra striping of the babies is normal.
Thanks for looking and for taking the time to comment.
Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
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