"Sacha" wrote (9snip)
Did you see the press photographs of the blackbird that is pied? It's
not
an albino and it doesn't just have a fleck here or there, it's genuinely
pied. Apparently, hopes are not high for its survival because it is so
conspicuous. I would add to that my fear/belief that its own kind will
kill
it.

When I was a lad we had one in the neighbourhood that was around for years,
he was so distinctive.

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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK