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andyoxon

Can anyone id this bird..?
« on: 29 April, 2011, 02:53:07 pm »






Seen in our garden, this pm, looks almost like an albino blackbird, but didn't seem to have much of a tail.

(taken with FZ5)

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Re: Can anyone id this bird..?
« Reply #1 on: 29 April, 2011, 03:08:32 pm »
Maybe it's been pecked for being different?
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Re: Can anyone id this bird..?
« Reply #2 on: 29 April, 2011, 03:16:11 pm »
Not seen a true albino but our garden has regular visits from a leucistic blackbird

albino blackbird - Google Search

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Re: Can anyone id this bird..?
« Reply #3 on: 29 April, 2011, 05:41:01 pm »
Albino blackbird indeed, probably having been caught by a cat or similar, or attacked by other birds....


Is it coz I is white?
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