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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: JW Mills on June 22, 2014, 11:06:16 AM

Title: Albino Grackle
Post by: JW Mills on June 22, 2014, 11:06:16 AM

We spotted this bird at Carden yesterday. The pics are heavily cropped so not the best IQ but I thought I'd share anyway as it is not something you see every day.
 
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/zed37/Other%20Birds/Alb-069sm.jpg) (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/zed37/media/Other%20Birds/Alb-069sm.jpg.html)
 
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/zed37/Other%20Birds/Alb-074sm.jpg) (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/zed37/media/Other%20Birds/Alb-074sm.jpg.html)
 
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/zed37/Other%20Birds/Alb-078sm.jpg) (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/zed37/media/Other%20Birds/Alb-078sm.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Albino Grackle
Post by: Brian Bailey on June 23, 2014, 01:31:24 AM

Wow!   Great find. True albinos are pretty unusual.  I've seen lots of leucistic birds, some almost pure white, but I don't think I have ever seen a real (wild) albino.

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Title: Re: Albino Grackle
Post by: JW Mills on June 23, 2014, 09:39:19 PM

I submitted photo #2 to OFO and they are calling it Leucistic rather than Albino due to black rather than pink eyes. However when I blow up the RAW image of pic #1 the eye appears pinkish, so I'm not sure what to call it!

Title: Re: Albino Grackle
Post by: JW Mills on June 24, 2014, 10:53:35 AM

I decided to sent a TIFF image of the head only from pic #1 to the OFO for their consideration and the bird has now been accepted as an Albino.