[va-bird] Re: Partial albino House Finch

At 06:24 PM Sunday StephenDEccles@xxxxxxx wrote:
>In the course of participating in the Fort Belvoir CBC today, I came 
>across a
>partial albino House Finch.

>The bird in question appeared to be a male, with all the parts that 
>would
>normally be red being pure white, while the browner bits (including
>streaking) appeared about normal, perhaps a little paler.
>
>I have not seen this plumage before.

Several years ago I saw a Purple Finch with plumage like that during 
the Lexington CBC. The areas that would normally have been red were 
very white and the brown areas were the normal shade of brown. When I 
first spotted it, it was behind the trunk of a tree and all I could 
see was the white head. Needless to say, I didn't have an easy time 
figuring out what it was until I managed to see the rest of it. I've 
seen House Finches that were partially lacking in red, but never one 
that was totally lacking it.

--
Katrina Knight
kknight@xxxxxxxx
Reading, PA

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