Albno Pictures

[Jerry Parent]

I resized the pictures and I'll try posting them again. Wish me luck!!!!

Jerry Parent

[Guest]

Oh , how lucky you are!! How beautiful! I wonder what percent of babies are born albino?? I hope I get one some day

[Guest]

I hate to be a downer but someone posted pics of a pair of white martins. They didn't meet a happy fate. Apparently if they make it to fledge the other martins may not take to the albino kindly. PARTIALLY white martins have a shot but this one?
Best of luck. It is a beautiful bird though.

[Guest]

Check out the post by Steve Kroenke
http://purplemartin.org/forum/viewtopic ... ght=albino

(Leucistic is the term for partially white- BTW)

[Guest]

A few years ago, Dick Sherry, my daughter Katy, and I watched as two totally white albinos flew among hundreds (if not thousands) of martins as they settled into the trees at the Tulsa roost. There were so many birds circling that we thought maybe we were seeing only one white bird but assured ourselves that there were indeed two white birds. Seems I might have some video of that event with the birds perched in the trees. At that time, the roost was at 7th street and we were on the top of a parking garage even with the top of the trees. It was a very good place to watch from.

[Nanette]

I recall seeing another post this season about an albino Martin finding a mate and successfully breeding. Hopefully yours will be just as lucky He (?) is really pretty!