Of the dozen or so Rose-breasted Grosbeaks that are hanging around our feeders, one of the males has the color variation where the "rose" color is replaced by a "gold/yellow" color. The literature indicates that this is uncommon, but it happens. Google "xanthochroism" if you wish to get more details for this condition. Today's photos at: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/RBGR01.jpg http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/RBGR02.jpg http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/RBGR03.jpg
Rubin Stenseng Old Village of Franconia Chisago County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
