[va-richmond-general] Leucistic Tufted Titmouse
- From: "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Audubon Listserve" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:02:47 -0500
That's what we saw and photographed on Thursday, and what is still coming to
our feeders. It is a partially albino bird, and Bob Reilly came up with the
term "leucistic". The phenomon is not that unusual according to Bob. According
to Roger Clapp of the Museum of Natural History one partially albino tufted
titmouse like this was documented in in Virginia the late 1800s. It will take a
little digging to find out how rare they actually are. I'll add it to the site
where we post our bird images later today and send a link.
(Linda noticed the bird first, and Al identified it as a Tufted Titmouse,
Northern race, and photographed it.)
Al & Linda Warfield
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