What kind of bird is this? White-albino-smokegray??
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Fork Horn
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Waldoboro Me. USA
It is hard to say from the distance of the pict. Did the bird have brown eyes or pink? How about the bill? The feathers apear to have some pigment on them so I would lean to a white bird rather than albino.
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Joined: May 2004
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From: Iowa
I shot a very similar all white tom like yours. Completely white with clear spurs and toenails. Has tiny bit of blck flecking in feathers. 10.5" all black beard but has similar eyes to yours.
Is it an albino or just a descendant of a yard bird? We same him just after hatch in 2002 so he was born and raised wild.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Is it an albino or just a descendant of a yard bird? We same him just after hatch in 2002 so he was born and raised wild.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Joined: Feb 2004
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Looks to be a wild bird with alot of white pigmentation in the feathers. One place I used to hunt had two such hens in the flock. I spent a couple years chasing them around in the fall with my bow trying to get one of them. After several misses and lost arrows I finally connected with one, here's a pic.




