Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:07:43 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Roger & Leslie Torres Subject: Re: Albino Buteo in Frederick County In-Reply-To: <59DF4553.2CA48041.0016BA20@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I saw it today (mile 42 on I-70) and managed to get a few photos and a bit of video. It's not an albino? I understand the plumage is highly variable, but snow white? Can you explain? I'm not trying to be contrary - I really want to learn. :) No matter what it is - it is beautiful! Leslie Keedysville, MD -----Original Message----- From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On Behalf Of Steve Huy Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:49 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Albino Buteo in Frederick County Its been there a while and is seen annually. If the same bird it is an RT and NOT an albino. Sure is beautiful! But please be extremely careful about pulling over on the side of the highway. Do not create groups of cars on the side of the road. Stopping on an interstate is illegal. It is distracting and dangerous to you and passing motorists. It would be far better to attempt to find a safer viewing point accessed from some place other than the highway. steve huy middletown, md ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================