“Frequency of leucism. – Leucistic birds were rare among spring migrants (Table 3). I saw none among ca. 42,000 birds counted in March-May in 198 1, 1982, 1983; in May, 1984, two were seen among ca. 26,000 grebes. I estimated that they were no more common than 1:15,000-20,000 at this season. In summer (June-July), they were much more conspicuous. In 198 1, 1982, and 1984, I determined a ratio of ca. 1:5,000-8,000, but in 1983, there were at least 13 in a summering population of 6,000 (1:460)”.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nI have no idea why we found so many leucistic grebes in such a short time and in such a small area. The first time I drove that approximate two miles we found\u00a0at least eight\u00a0of them. We were so excited we turned around and did it again and I’m convinced there were several more leucistic\u00a0individuals that time but the coloration of some of them\u00a0was so similar I’m not sure of an exact count.<\/p>\n
For bird lovers these\u00a0are exciting times along the causeway.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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I photographed eight Leucistic Eared Grebes in 14 minutes yesterday morning and at least one more later on.<\/p>\n
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