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Index of Subjects It's definitely a magpie in the pic, almost certainly black-billed as I don't think that shot is in California. I live in the west, and there are tons of them out here. Otherwise - what an amazing thing to see! I would be so lucky! Linda > These have been around for a few years, attributed to various locations. > Here is a link to Snopes on them > > http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/albinomoose.asp > > Don > > Don MacNeill > donmacneill@eastlink.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy Hiltz" <birddog@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:27 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] white moose in Wentworth? > > > Pretty sure these are from Alaska. I saw them several years ago , sent by > a > friend in Alberta who stated they were from Alaska at the time > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Christie" <MarysPt@nbnet.nb.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Cc: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; "Maria Forman" <philmaria@xplornet.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:09 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] white moose in Wentworth? > > >> At 6:48 PM -0400 2/3/10, Maria Forman wrote: >> >>>OKSI just received an email from a family member with pics of two white >>>moose, near WentworthSWhen I scanned thru the pics, there was a bird in >>>one that I had never seen around here before, and I live at the foot of >>>Folly Mountain, which is not far from WentworthStherefore, I'm wondering >>>if these moose were really in the Wentworth area. They're pretty cool >>>looking, I must say! I >> >> >> Over the years, I've seen about 20 different photos of white moose being >> circulated on the Internet. Those photos get sent around a lot and >> people >> keep changing the place where they are supposed to have been taken. One >> week, a given moose is from Bathurst, NB, then from Shelburne, NS, a >> month >> later from Newfoundland. >> >> Thus, it's difficult to know where a photo actually originated -- but >> very >> likely not Wentworth. I think that the bird Maria mentions is probably a >> Black-billed Magpie, suggesting that one photo at least was taken in >> western North America. I do recall hearing that there is some area of >> northern Ontario, where albinism in Moose is rather frequent, but I'm >> not >> sure how reliable that is either. >> >> >> David >> >> -- >> >> David Christie >> Mary's Point, Harvey, Albert Co., New Brunswick, Canada >> http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt >> > > > > MSc Student Burg Lab, Biological Sciences University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, AB Email: linda.lait@uleth.ca Ph: 403.332.5213
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