The albinos

I don't know if it is just dumb luck or if there was some sort of little-discussed nuclear waste spillage in the Triangle Area, but last week on my way out for an early run (July 15th) I spotted my second albino birdie.

Seth noticed the first bird during one of his runs in the Spring of 2006--a partial albino female cardinal. This was in Chapel Hill, and we followed her for a few months until she mysteriously disappeared. She was really cute but was pretty aggressive towards all the other females her mate attracted. He spent an awful lot of time singing. I bet she was set up.

*Photos taken by Seth Coluzzi, April 2006*

This second bird was a robin: white with an orange breast and with dark eyes. I saw it in my front yard then it flew into the neighbor's trees. Unfortunately I did not take a picture of it and I haven't seen it since. I will need to wake up early some morning and stake it out!

This picture is actually of a different robin, but it looks just like the one I saw:

* Photo by G. Ordy (Chesterland, Ohio in June 2006)*