Albino Purple Martin

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Entrances By Sandy</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>    </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Entrances By Sandy"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Albino Purple Martin</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>Albino Purple Martin</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>During the 2007 Purple Martin season, Jerry Parent of Saskatchewan, Canada had the rare privelege of raising an albino Purple Martin.  All of the pictures below where taken by, and belong to Jerry Parent.  If you want to get in contact with Jerry, email me at </B></FONT><A HREF="mailto:sbunn1@suddenlink.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:sbunn1@suddenlink.net"><U><B>sbunn1@suddenlink.net</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>and I will email your email address to Jerry so he can contact you.  I would like to thank Jerry for allowing me to publish these pictures.  And yes, the albino did fledge, so hopefully nature will be kind to it and it will return to someone's colony next year.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f1958c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f1858c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f1758c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The above three pictures were taken on July 19, 2007.  It is 14 days old.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f0358c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f0558c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The two pictures above show the albino at 16 days old.  They were taken on July 21,2007.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f0758c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f0958c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The albino is 22 days old in the above two pictures.  They were taken on July 27, 2007.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f0f58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f0d58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f0b58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f1158c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The above 4 pictures were taken on Aug. 2, 2007.  They show the albino getting ready to fledge, with the last one show it actually fledged and flying.  May this very rare and special Purple Martin have a long and healthy life.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f1458c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f1658c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The above two pictures were sent to me by Jerry showing that so far the albino is doing well and still returning to his colony.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Video Clips"><U><B>Previous Page</B></U></A><B>              </B><A HREF="mailto:sbunn1@suddenlink.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:sbunn1@suddenlink.net"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Growing Gourds"><U><B>Next Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>