FIELD NOTES Doug Bell DATE: 22 April 1986 LOCATION: BERKELEY CAMPUS, ALAMEDA CA, CALIF. WEATHER: RAIN TIME: 9:30-10:00 At lawn just east of Giannini Hall, south of University House. Observing partial albino robin. The bird is quite tame - foraging on lawn. Was at first within ca. 2 meters of a normal male, also foraging. The albino then left this bird, walking, foraging. No real interaction took place. Another male flew up in the tree to the west of this bird. No interaction, though. I might guess the albino to be a female. It has a pale yellow bill. Dark iris. White/dark flecked (patchy) head, nape, back. Most primaries & secondaries dark, but about 2 secondaries and possible primaries 1 & 2 are white, on each wing. Tail mostly dark, with left outermost tertials white (2?). Right outermost tertial whiteish. Wing & tail covers flecked white/dark. Breast and belly is white, with rust collar (about where the dark collar of a varied thrush would be). Very light rust patches on each flank, and one small rust spot on center of lower breast. Throat white. Odd looking bird - like a large snow bunting in mixed plumage. Came to within 2 meters of the bird. After 1/2 hour of mostly unsuccessful foraging the bird flew labored up into a tree. Very calm bird. TIME: 2:00-2:30 PM White-flecked robin observed foraging again. Came very close to me. Then flew up into a tree. About 5 other robins were in this tree, but there was no interaction between the white robin and the others.