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12-10-2008, 07:37 PM
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| | | robin :)
one of my only photos of this pretty garden bird 
theres not much point to this thread, i just like sharing my photos  
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12-10-2008, 07:42 PM
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| | | Re: robin :)
Its nice to see your pics this little chap looks like hes got a weird brow strip.
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12-10-2008, 08:15 PM
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| | | Re: robin :)
Nice pic. We usually have quite a few around but I've not seen any for a while now. I'm sure they'll be back for their winter feed. 
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12-10-2008, 09:58 PM
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| | | Re: robin :)
Lovely pic Is the strange brow strip that Morph mentioned just a trick of the light?
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13-10-2008, 09:14 AM
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| | | Re: robin :)
no, i was wondering about that, but it is apparent on other pictures where its at a different angle.
what could it be?
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13-10-2008, 01:18 PM
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Could be a touch of leucism, there was a thread about Leucism in Sparrows and Crows not long back. Here's a poor pic of a Crow showing signs of it. Or it could be just a few feathers out of place and catching the light a little differently. 
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13-10-2008, 01:23 PM
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Morph - It's hard to tell. It's quite common to get single white feathers on crows, at least on the local ones.
I hadn't considered Leucism, it's a good suggestion
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13-10-2008, 05:55 PM
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makes it look quite skeptical
what is leucism?
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13-10-2008, 07:31 PM
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| | | Re: robin :)
Yes Morph, what is it? I'm intrigued |
13-10-2008, 09:13 PM
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In a nutshell its varying degrees of dilution of normal pigmentation in the feathers.
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