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Old 02-01-2008, 06:52 PM
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Re: A White Christmas for one Robin

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Originally Posted by hedgehog whisperer View Post
Not sure if this has been posted before but I saw this and thought it interesting,

Robin's Christmas is always all white | Metro.co.uk

While at Grigin in Wales, they told of a “white” Red Kite with the same condition. I wondered if any body else had seen any other Birds or mammal with leucism
What a cute piccie! Now, there's an idea for this year's Yule card!

This subject was also raised a couple of times on the old Yahoo BeastwatchUK group (now Beastwatch_files). I have seen a few white squirrels around these parts (Kent/Sussex coast borders) and it was wondered whether they were leucistic or albino. Difficult to say for sure at a distance, but I am 90% they were leucistic.
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