buckee Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 I noticed this robin while driving my wife to work this morning, so after dropping her off, I went home, grabbed the camera and went robin hunting. I wish I could have gotton a picture from the back of the bird. It sure looked cool. Piebald Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MossySNPR Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin Never seen that before buddy, cool pic thanks for sharing. Either piebald or some kid took the ol' paintball gun to it lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin That is pretty cool Steve!!! Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin Very cool. Got to love odd colored animals. We used to have an albino starling that visited our feeders all the time. Eventually he stopped coming back so I figure he was caught by one of our pigeon hawks or redtailed hawks probably, or even a cat or shot by one the local kids and their air guns. We also have a chocolate phase canada goose that I can sit out in the yard and it will walk right up to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin Cool. I have read in the past that some birds will get a fungus, and when the feathers return they are white. Birds also have albinism traits too. Only reason I know this is because I looked it up one day a few years ago when I saw a robin in my yard that had an all white head. Albinism is more prevalent in robins than any other bird according to one sight I read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin Thats pretty cool Steve. Birds can be tough to get pics of, especially close up. I tried Saturday morning to get some pics of some red tailed hawks while I was walking through the woods as I was being careful not to step on any snakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin [ QUOTE ] Thats pretty cool Steve. Birds can be tough to get pics of, especially close up. I tried Saturday morning to get some pics of some red tailed hawks while I was walking through the woods as I was being careful not to step on any snakes. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I was trying to get closer for better pictures, but it just wouldn't let me do it. I was moving in for a good shot of his back and he decided to vacate the neighbourhood. I'm glad I clicked these ones off, before he took off. I was zoomed in as much as I could just to get these out-of-focus, but better-than-nuthin pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin Yeah can't say I have ever seen any odd colored animals except the most common ones like squirrels. Have an albino one living in a near by park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Thats pretty cool Steve. Birds can be tough to get pics of, especially close up. I tried Saturday morning to get some pics of some red tailed hawks while I was walking through the woods as I was being careful not to step on any snakes. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I was trying to get closer for better pictures, but it just wouldn't let me do it. I was moving in for a good shot of his back and he decided to vacate the neighbourhood. I'm glad I clicked these ones off, before he took off. I was zoomed in as much as I could just to get these out-of-focus, but better-than-nuthin pics [/ QUOTE ] I agree very difficult to get closeup pictures of birds. Normally I bait them with bread. lol Of course it's better to hide the bread in a nearby tree stump and wait them out rather than what I did here, as then you have a big plate of bread in your picture with the bird. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfrompa Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin That is different I wonder if it is sick or if it is like that because of poor genes.??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin I have seen robins like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin Cool pic! That goose looks more like a half-breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin Cool pics! I think I can recall seeing a few robins like that around here too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Re: Piebald Robin thats awsome, we have tons of robins here in Wisconsin but i have never seen a piebald one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Re: Pibald Robin [ QUOTE ] Cool pic! That goose looks more like a half-breed. [/ QUOTE ] Nope not a half-breed. I watched it's parents, two normal Canadian Geese, build a nest at the end of my yard and raise him from a little one. He flys with the group of Canadians all the time and even had one clutch of young himself last year with a normal Canadian and they all looked like normal geese when they got bigger. It's just a genetic color variation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lilbuckmaster Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Re: Piebald Robin cool pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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