[CT Birds] strange bird

Sat Jan 26 18:51:38 EST 2008

Hello William,
The bird you photograghed appears to be a leucistic
(exhibiting some white or albinism) Song Sparrow.  All
the breast streakings and breast spot, bill size and
shape, and other marks point to this ID. 
Over the years I have seen a variety of species (Am.
Robin, Com. Grackle, etc.) that exhibit wierd white
body parts, caused by leucism.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

--- William Hutt <galtjohngalt at hotmail.com> wrote:

> This morning, around midday in fact, At Hammonasset,
> near the West Beach parking area, beyond the pines
> to the left of two buildings among the sand and
> short grass, my wife and I spotted this bird.  Can
> anyone help us identify
>
it?http://www.flickr.com/photos/18066532@N02/sets/72157603798045114/
> 
> > From: ctbirds-request at lists.ctbirding.org>
> Subject: CTBirds Digest, Vol 336, Issue 1> To:
> ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008
> 12:00:43 -0500> > Send CTBirds mailing list
> submissions to> ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org> > To
> subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web,
> visit>
>
http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org>
> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body
> 'help' to> ctbirds-request at lists.ctbirding.org> >
> You can reach the person managing the list at>
> ctbirds-owner at lists.ctbirding.org> > When replying,
> please edit your Subject line so it is more
> specific> than "Re: Contents of CTBirds digest...">
> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. notable birds (Dave
> Rosgen)> 2. Redpolls (Christopher Lovell)> 3. North
> Guilford Common Redpoll (Bob Richard)> > >
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------->
> > Message: 1> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:14:16 -0500>
> From: "Dave Rosgen" <dave at whitememorialcc.org>>
> Subject: [CT Birds] notable birds> To:
> <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>> Cc: 'Rob Stanowski'
> <robstanowski at msn.com>> Message-ID:
> <001401c85fb0$66d977f0$a300a8c0 at research>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > My
> stupid computer has finally been fixed (for now) so
> I'm sending out this> update while I can.> > >From
> Dave Rosgen:> > 1/18 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd.
> (White Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @> Chickadee
> Bridge) - 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers> >
> (Museum Area) - 1 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Fish Crow, 9
> Common Redpolls> > (Office Feeders) - 1 Red-breasted
> Nuthatch> > 1/19 - Torrington, Mountain Rd., 1 mile
> N. of Rt. 4 - 3 Field Sparrows> > Litchfield, White
> Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @
> Chickadee> Bridge) - 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 1
> Red-breasted Nuthatch, 50 American Tree> Sparrows,
> 15 Rusty Blackbirds> > (Museum Area) - 1
> Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Fox Sparrow, 10 Common
> Redpolls> > (Office Feeders) - 1 Red-breasted
> Nuthatch> > >From John Marshall:> > 1/19 -
> Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's
> Interpretive Trai!
>  l) - 1> 
> Brown Creeper> > >From Dave Rosgen:> > 1/20 -
> Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife
> Sanctuary) - 2 Common> Ravens, 1 Red-breasted
> Nuthatch, 2 Common Redpolls, 1 Pine Grosbeak> > 1/21
> - same place - 2 Common Ravens, 2 Common Redpolls> >
> >From Carol Parent & Cheryl Hebert:> > 1/21 -
> Winchester, 101-105 Laurel Way - 15 Common Redpolls,
> 1 Pine Grosbeak> > >From Carol Parent:> > 1/22 -
> Winsted, Oak St., between Mountain Ave. & Bank St. -
> 19 Pine> Grosbeaks feeding on crabapples> > >From
> Dave Rosgen:> > 1/22 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd.
> (White Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @> Chickadee
> Bridge) - 16 Rusty Blackbirds> > (Museum Area) - 1
> Cooper's Hawk> > 1/23 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way
> (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) - 2 Common> Redpolls> >
> >From John Eykelhoff:> > 1/24 - Litchfield, N. Shore
> Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly & Outlet) - 90>
> Ring-necked Ducks> > >From Dave Rosgen:> > 1/24 -
> Torrington, Mountain Rd. & Mountain View Circle - 6
> Common Redpolls> > Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White
> Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @ Chickadee> Bridge) - 16
> Rusty Blackbirds> > >From Dave Rosgen, w/ Max Ehrman
> & Jeff Greenwood:> > 1/24 - Litchfield, White Hall
> Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) - 9> Common
> Redpolls sporadically all day> > (Windmill Hill) - 1
> Pileated Woodpecker> > >From Dave Rosgen, w/ Mike &
> Annie Perco:> > 1/25 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd.
> (White Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @> Chickadee
> Bridge) - 1 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch,
> 19 Rusty> Blackbirds, 2 flyover Common Redpolls> >
> (Museum Area) - 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 45
> Brown-headed Cowbirds, 2> Common Redpolls> > >From
> John Eykelhoff:> > 1/25 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd.
> (Bantam Lake's Outlet) - 50 Ring-necked> Ducks> >
> David Rosgen> > White Memorial Conservation Center>
> > Litchfield, CT 06759> > 860-567-0857> > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date:
> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:37:48 -0500> From: "Christopher
> Lovell" <ctlovell at gmail.com>> Subject: [CT Birds]
> Redpolls> To: ctbirds <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>>
> Message-ID:> <afa012540801!
>  251637u4
> 4750b52mf5ac6eede02bf6dc at mail.gmail.com>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > The
> Common Redpoll count in Trumbull continues to grow.
> It's was up to 16> at the feeders this morning. Had
> to add another nyjer feeder yesterday.> > -- >
> Christopher Lovell> Trumbull, CT 06611>
> ctlovell at gmail.com> > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date:
> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:33:06 -0500> From: Bob Richard
> <bobrich at snet.net>> Subject: [CT Birds] North
> Guilford Common Redpoll> To:
> ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org> Message-ID:
> <479B44A2.1060009 at snet.net>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> >
> 1/26 - North Guilford, Backyard - 8:30AM, COMMON
> REDPOLL at thistle > feeder. Appears to have been a
> male of the Greenland subspecies, though > I am no
> expert. I believe this is a first for my yard.> > >
> > ------------------------------> >
> _______________________________________________>
> This list is provided by the Connecticut
> Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion
> of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For
> subscription information visit
>
http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org>
> > End of CTBirds Digest, Vol 336, Issue 1>
> ***************************************
>
_________________________________________________________________
> Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest
> Loser!
> http://biggestloser.msn.com/
> _______________________________________________
> This list is provided by the Connecticut
> Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion
> of birds and birding in Connecticut.  
> For subscription information visit
>
http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org
> 