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Started by walkabout, 04/13/2007 09:16PM
Posted 04/13/2007 09:16PM Opening Post
Here are 3 pictures of what I think to be
a Dark-Eyed Junco with a birth mark.
There is one problem I saw more than just this one.
Augie

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Posted 04/13/2007 09:16PM #1
Posted 04/16/2007 10:53PM #2
I've been doing a little digging and found out this bird is Leucistic or Leucism. Basically means partial albino, that they lack the pigment cells for normal coloring. Just an anomaly in nature.


Robert

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