Rare sighting reported outside Barrington school on Saturday
Resident captures photo of partial albino robin
Barrington resident Jeff Norman snapped some photographs of a rare albino robin on Saturday afternoon, March 8.
Norman and his family were taking their dog for a walk at Sowams School when they …
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Rare sighting reported outside Barrington school on Saturday
Resident captures photo of partial albino robin
Barrington resident Jeff Norman snapped some photographs of a rare albino robin on Saturday afternoon, March 8.
Norman and his family were taking their dog for a walk at Sowams School when they spotted the oddly-colored bird — a partial albino robin.
So, how rare is an albino or partial albino robin? According to a quick internet search, about one in every 30,000 robins is an albino or partial albino.
