Yet another Pied blackbird singing his hear out. in the park
Beryl I must ask......Is this the same park, same Blackbird?
These partial albino's are at best unusual as opposed to common though you say 'yet another'.
Pete.
Same park but different bird , the markings are different I'm sure, this ones throte is white all the way across, could be the same family perhaps
This is interesting Beryl and I know I don't need to ask you to keep in touch on this because I know you will be posting any future sightings/photographs on the website. I've never experienced 'multi' albino birds like this and if you are able to confirm yet more of these then it will become even more interesting. You're 'perhaps could be the same family' is also interesting as I am not aware of any 'runs in the family' of this phenomenon......time to get my books out!
Pete.
It may well be the same on Pete as it was in the same area and I saw it again today . I can't be 100% sure I do know there is another one the other end of town on the nature walk He doesn't have any white on his face just his wings an back. I will look out for him too. I have a Robin with a few white feathers but I think they are disheveled flight feathers. I will upload him later, he's on my PC and I'm on my laptop. I swill certainly keep you informed because now I am more interested where before I just thought how pretty.
Here is a pied Jackdaw taken at Dawlish
http://www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk/s...ead.php?t=1134
The Jackdaw is another good example of this oddity in birds......surely a juvenile bird this one Beryl, the head still appears to have 'downy' feathering.
But you certainly do come across this 'partial albino-ism' in some cases. I can recall pure albino Oystercatcher, Redshank, Starling, Pheasant of the top of my head.
Pete.
I think the juvenile blackbird I uploaded has a white stripe across the wing and he was captured along the estuary
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