albinism

Wild Animal Wednesday: Ask the Expert

Yesterday’s Tuesday Tweet featured an image of an albino Grackle. That is not the only image within the Bell Museum records that documents color abnormalities in animals. In the 1940s, museum taxidermist Walter Breckenridge prepared a mounted display of three…


Tuesday Tweet: Albino Grackle

With over 6,900 black and white negatives in the Bell Museum of Natural History records, we know of at least one that is true in coloration: – Albino Grackle, circa 1940 To learn more about color abnormalities in birds, read…