Hi, anyone help ? (1 Viewer)

Hi, anyone help please?

Hi all, I'm a complete novice but I have been checking up on birds that feed in my garden. I have had -
Nuthatch
Black bird
Great tit
Blue tit
House sparrow
Yellow hammer
Chaffinch
Starling
Jackdaw
Collard dove
Magpie
Greater spotted Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Siskin

BUT I have a bird that is same size & colouring of a male house sparrow EXCEPT he is white where grey & light brown should be.
I have a rather blurry photo & I think he is albino but have checked on line & Albion's are white all over.
Confused

Hi mumgonemad (love it LOL) and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

Albino birds are very rare and, indeed, are white all over with pink eyes. More likely you have one which is leucistic, which you can read more about in that link.

Hi mumgonemad (love it LOL) and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

Albino birds are very rare and, indeed, are white all over with pink eyes. More likely you have one which is leucistic, which you can read more about in that link.


Re-sizing Pictures:

After you've done any other work on your pic (always a copy mind ) and cropped away any part of the picture you don't want, you can then re-size it. But don't crop to get the file size you want.

How you actually do it depends on what programs you have.

In Windows 7 you can right click on the image and there's an option to re-size (choose the smallest 800x600 - you can go bigger 1032 on the longest side I think, but Windows doesn't give you that option!). Adobe Photoshop: you have a better choice there, in the Image menu: Resize, you can actually choose the size you want, and the quality... always select medium.

Window 8: Right click on the image and select Edit from the drop down. Then select Image from the menu in the Paint programme that opens. You can then type in the number of pixels for the longest side. I usually choose 900 but you can go up to 1032.

I use Paint.net (free) for basic editing. Then select Image > Resize. Type in 900 in the highlighted box and save. Then Save As (new name).

Alternatively you could download the free program called Picassa.

If you use a Mac, this page shows you how to do it: http://www.howtogeek.com/201638/use-your-macs-preview-app-to-crop-resize-rotate-and-edit-images/

I hope one of these ideas work for you. If not, try posting in the Computer subforum - I'm sure someone will have more suggestions for you. There's loads of methods depending what software you have.

Hi MGM and welcome to BirdForum. I agree with Delia.

Rich

PS that’s a nice selection of garden birds you have there.

Thank you very much for the link & I'm using my phone for pics etc

It is not an albino but has a pigment disorder. This generally does not harm the bird . There are terms such as melanistic or leucistic that apply in some cases.

mumgonemad said:

Thank you very much for the link & I'm using my phone for pics etc

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Ah!! I'm useless at phone pics.... takes me ages to work out what to do with them on my own phone. I'll go away and think!

EDIT: Oh I see you've managed to upload a picture. Well done.

Yes, I agree, it looks like a House Sparrow with a degree of leucism.

Thank you all for input & dam, thought I had a rare bird lol (not really)
He is rather pretty & stands out in a crowd

Yes, it can be lovely to have one visit, as you can get to know them as individuals.

Sadly, though, there do seem to be far more of them (many species too) about this last few years, so I don't know what's going on.... whether it's diet related or not, I'm not sure.

Hi there and welcome aboard :t:

Hi and welcome to the forum. Enjoy your time here.

Welcome to BirdForum! I am sure you will find lots to interest you here, and I hope you enjoy your visits.