[TN-Bird] Partial albino finch

Tn.Birders....
I have had purple finches all winter but like most everyone else, the last two 
weeks I have had an influx of them.  Today I had a partial albino finch among 
them, but I'm not quite sure it was a purple.  The tail and primary feathers 
were very white, the rest of the body was ivory with a trace of darker ivory 
stripes on the upper breast and very faint stripes on the head, neck and upper 
back.   The beak was pinkish ivory and the eye was black. The beak didn't seem 
quite as thick at the base as a finch, although at one point, while being 
harassed, it raised a slight crest of feathers, which is characteristic of a 
purple finch.
During the last part of Feb., I had two purple finches and two goldfinches with 
finch eye disease, but none at the same time.

Robbie Hassler.
Byrdstown, TN.--Pickett Co.





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