[Bristol-Birds] Partial albino American Robin photos in Bristol Birds photo gallery
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:53:13 -0400
Area Birders:
You may visit the Bristol Bird Net Photo Gallery at the following URL and the
first two photos in the upper left corner are pictures taken of a partial
albino American Robin which is hanging out near a public school in Pulaski
County, Va. The photo was sent to two or three area natrualist Saturday and
copies relayed to me.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5&.view=t
I think I read in a newspaper article many years ago that one such albino
similar to this one hatches in every 10,000 nests. I don't know how factual
that statement is.
Without looking up the records, I think I have seen at least three such birds.
One was in Bristol Virginia off Euclid Ave.; one at Dr. Tom Green's home off
Holston Ave. in Bristol Tennessee; one near the generator building at the foot
of South Holston Dam just a few years ago.
Some years ago I banded the young in the nest of the Euclid Ave. partial albino
female American Robin. I was in hopes I might get a recovery to see what the
young looked like. I did get a recovery of one of the nestlings the following
year a few miles away and it was reported to be a normal looking robin.
Enjoy the white robin :-)
Let's go birding......
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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