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what's this black and white bird - photo
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Posted by christie_sw_mo Z6 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 8, 06 at 9:42
| Anyone know what this is? I keep seeing it at Sonic walking around the parking lot and the grassy area around the lot. Finally got a picture of it.
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RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| Wow. I have no idea what it is. At first, I thought it had a really big beak.....but I think that's part of the weeds behind it. I'm not familiar with this bird. Maybe it's a pet? Maybe it's a variation on some usual kind of bird. Maybe it's a juvenile? How big was it? Have you tried posting it on the Birding forum? Very interesting! |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| It was Robin-sized. I will post in the Bird Watching forum too. |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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was it walking or hopping? My guess is that you have yourself either a grackle or a robin with a touch of partial albinism....
leaning more towards the grackle at this point... |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| Dirtgirl - I think it was looking for french fries so Grackle would make sense. Two other people suggested a partial albino Grackle in the Bird Watching forum and posted almost at the same time you did. I can't remember if it was walking or hopping but it spent quite a bit of time on the ground. I've always seen it by itself, not with other birds. I'll keep my camera with me. It was still hanging around there yesterday. Maybe I can get another shot. |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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Hey Dirtgirl.....sounds like you and the couple of people on the birdwatching forum may have guessed it! I've never seen an albino or partial albino anything. My brother in Minnesota has an albino squirrel in his yard!
You were really lucky christie to get pics of this! |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| can you identify any of its calls? it reminds me of a grackle as well. or magpie? i dont' know anything about them since we have none in my area. |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| I just had a full albino grackle in my yard TODAY! I was so excited to see this post, I joined the site. (I don't know how to upload pics yet, but I got quite a few) I even got a couple being fed by momma! |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| My thought was leucistic grackle. |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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- Posted by bbcathy 5-6 SE Michigan (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 19, 09 at 22:09
I agree with Frank.
Cathy |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| Dydee - Welcome to Gardenweb! Congrats on getting the photos. It's unusual to see an albino bird, much less photograph it. There are some interesting photos if you look on Google's images feature. There's an albino peacock that's beautiful. If you're wanting to learn how to post photos, you can find lots of helpful info by searching on gardenweb. A lot of people use Photobucket. |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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Thanks alot for the tip... I'm trying to use photobucket now, so hopefully it works!
Dydee |
Here is a link that might be useful: pictures by bjorknbeans
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| It worked for me. Really cool that you got a photo of it being fed. That leaves no doubt as to what kind of bird it is. Here's a discussion in the bird watching forum. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Unofficial poll on albinistic, leucistic birds
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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Thank you SO MUCH, Christie! This bird has been such an exciting experience for my whole family. And, I did leave a link in the bird watching forum. Thanks for the info..
Dydee |
RE: what's this black and white bird - photo
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| I posted mine there too just now. |
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