[LRflex] Re: White Grebe

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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