Pole Star Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 I called round to a friends house today & I was looking at his prized almost pet sparrows feeding in his garden when I saw an odd colored bird among them & said Willie whats that bird feeding there ? he said oh thats my albino sparrow its been here the last 3 or 4 years ! , its not pure white but more of a light fawn all over , has any one else seen these colored sparrows . Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karpman Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Hey mate. Yes is varying states never seen a pure white one mind. It leucism as opposed to being albino. This starling was at the father in laws a few years back. Karpman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Thanks for that pic Karpman first time I have seen a white Starling , I will try & get a pic of that sparrow to load up but don't hold your breath on it as a sparrow hawk is making regular swoops low across my friends garden . I was shown inside the library of a lovely big house in Sussex once to get a look at the head of a huge Tunny caught off Scarbrough in the 1930s & I spotted what looked like a part albino woodcock in a case high up on one of the book shelves , what a specimen . I have a Taxidermist mate who gets albino Wood pigeons brought to him fairly often . ATB Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Any other PW members know of or have any pics of albino birds would be great to see or hear of them if anyone has some ? . Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Strange I was talking to PW member on the phone today about albinos & he told me where he knows there are to white Canada's if he wants to come on board & tell you about them I will leave it to him, then if one of you goes & bags em I wont get the blame . The white Greylag up here in Orkney was still about last year & I wonder if it will be here this season ? Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Wouldn't fancy being a white sparrow, expect your stand out in the hedge row. Can't have many sparrow hawks that way. Got an albino squig that visits my garden quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Wouldn't fancy being a white sparrow, expect your stand out in the hedge row. Can't have many sparrow hawks that way. Got an albino squig that visits my garden quite a lot. Thats what I thought as you would have thought the sparrow hawk would single it out in a pass & my mate tells me the sparrows have been very nervy & jumpy since the hawk turned up , I better try & get a pic of him as soon as I can . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark@mbb Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 We have a blackbird with a white tail nothing Else though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 We have a blackbird with a white tail nothing Else though Some times a part Albino turns up & I remember a Jackdaw in a town in Ireland that had white wings . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirgoldalot Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 have a blackbird with white on wings and head visits often to feeders in garden... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 have a blackbird with white on wings and head visits often to feeders in garden... can you get a pic of it to upload here ? as for the albino sparrow that has been hanging about my friends garden for a long time well it seems to have gone , maybe the sparrow hawk nabbed him in the end pity because I was hoping to get a pic of it to upload here . Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Leucistic Starling in garden a couple of years ago, never seen it since.I often see two crows on one of my perms with some white wing feathers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Leucistic Starling in garden a couple of years ago, never seen it since.I often see two crows on one of my perms with some white wing feathers.starlings1.png Interesting photo Good Shot , the other 2 Starlings are juvenile but the some of the color of the Lecistic bird look like a mix of adult & juvenile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Interesting photo Good Shot , the other 2 Starlings are juvenile but the some of the color of the Lecistic bird look like a mix of adult & juvenile In the original pic it is more obvious that they are all from the same brood, but Because I have reduced photo size for the post it is not so noticeable but if you look closely the breast of the back bird is mottled also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 In the original pic it is more obvious that they are all from the same brood, but Because I have reduced photo size for the post it is not so noticeable but if you look closely the breast of the back bird is mottled also. Thanks for that Good shot it had me thinking for a moment . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirgoldalot Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 can you get a pic of it to upload here ? as for the albino sparrow that has been hanging about my friends garden for a long time well it seems to have gone , maybe the sparrow hawk nabbed him in the end pity because I was hoping to get a pic of it to upload here . Pole Star can you get a pic of it to upload here ? as for the albino sparrow that has been hanging about my friends garden for a long time well it seems to have gone , maybe the sparrow hawk nabbed him in the end pity because I was hoping to get a pic of it to upload here . Pole Star will try... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferret47 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 The past 3 years I have seen (and sometimes caught) an albino Rabbit (lots of) Hares (well 3) and a Roe Buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferret47 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 My son (who is 9) has caught 8 Albino Rabbits while he's been Ferreting! When I was his age i caught none, inbreeding perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 will try... Will be interesting to see if you can get one & I will try & get one of the one that visits my friends garden , thats if the sparrowhawk or next doors moggie has not eaten it ?. Also I will see if I can get a pic of that Leucistic Greylag goose that haunts Orkney , the RSPB here have named it Blondie I believe ? , Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 The past 3 years I have seen (and sometimes caught) an albino Rabbit (lots of) Hares (well 3) and a Roe Buck. Ok we are on Albino / Leucistic four leggers now lol did any one see the other day or so on FB the pic of the part Leucistic Buck that was shot by a hunter in the USA & I understand Cabelas have offered him $13,000 for it so they can have it full mounted to on display at there shops ? , its a fine looking beast . Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buggs Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 I saw a white swallow this year, we stopped to watch it for a good ten mins in disbelieve, never seen one before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted October 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 I saw a white swallow this year, we stopped to watch it for a good ten mins in disbelieve, never seen one before Now that is a rarity I wonder if it will return to nest in the same area next year ? keep an eye out . ATB . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churchill Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 There is a pure white Wagtail that makes the odd appearance at my place of work. But not seen it for over a month now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted October 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 There is a pure white Wagtail that makes the odd appearance at my place of work. But not seen it for over a month now. If you can get a pic it will be great to see on here . ATB Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted October 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) Any pw members ever seen a black Grey Partridge ? more than 20 years ago I was short or cash & needed to go back to Australia so as always money has to be raised in hard times ! . At the time in my collection of guns I had a lovely antique 20g muzzle loader of Willkinson of Pall Mall in its case & it had to go & I sold it to a collector who invited me to see his gun room , wow ! what a collection DB flintlock Mantons , Henry Nocks ect . In the gun room was a stuffed hawk & the conversation got around to stuffed birds & he told me of a black partridge he had shot & was amazed at the colour of it & took to a Natural History museum to get them to have a look at it & they said perhaps he should get it mounted . So off he went to a taxidermist & showed it to the taxidermist & who said , that's unusual yes I can do it for you & I will give you a call when it is ready . Any way some months went by & he had no call so he called the Taxidermist to enquire if it was ready for collection , oh said the taxidermist its done but when I washed the skin it cleaned up as a normal grey partridge , suspicious ? . Well the man who shot this black partridge was not amused as one would imagine ! . One day I was reading a lovely book I had which was a copy of Millis Game Birds the bird artist of the around 1900 & I am sure he said in his book about black grey partridges that were of a sooty colour , so I wonder the mind boggles . Would like to know about theses black partridges & has any one ever seen one , a pic would be even better . ATB Pole Star ps update on that Albino sparrow , its has not been seen for some time but my friend my have a pic of it which I just might be able to upload here . Edited October 4, 2013 by Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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