[mou] Partial albino chickadee in Brimson

[Laura Erickson]

I apologize for omitting the subject heading in my previous email.  The body

My friend Kathleen Anderson, who has a wilderness retreat, Wintermoon
Summersun, in Brimson (less than a mile from my Breeding Bird Survey
route), has been getting a partial albino chickadee since March 9.  It's a
really cool looking bird--its head is mostly white, but it also has pink
legs and toes, with just a bit of pigment on some of the claws.  I went
over to look at it yesterday.  Photographing it was frustrating--it was
much more skittish than her other chickadees.  But I did post some photos
of it here:

http://birderblog.com/bird/Species/Titmice/Black-cappedChickadee/BCCHGallery.html

Laura Erickson
Duluth, MN

Staff Ornithologist
Binoculars.com
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winter.

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