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A Sign from God, an Escaped Pet, or Mere Flying Street Rat?

By Tracy Davis, on May 12, 2008, 12:51 pm

I snapped these pics with my phone camera the other day by the municipal lot near the corner of Fourth and Washington.

At first glance it was a beautiful white dove. On second glance it looked like a plain, ordinary city pigeon with slightly unusual coloration (not an albino; the eyes appeared dark, and the wings were a very pale gray, almost white).

I’ve seen an albino squirrel or two near Central Park, but I’d never seen this bird before. Any other sightings?

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Jerry Bilek says:

May 12, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Looks like a white carneaux. they have amazing visual skills and are kind of smart. Tastes like cornish game hen. Silver Kings are cooler looking:
http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/a/an/andrejae/639116_pigeon.jpg

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Rob Hardy says:

May 12, 2008 at 4:08 pm

It has a kind of supernatural aura about it.

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Tracy Davis says:

May 12, 2008 at 4:13 pm

Rob, I noticed that too, and chalked it up to my low-res phone camera.

But maybe it’s a halo…

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Chris Ash says:

May 15, 2008 at 8:35 am

It surprised my kids and I on a walk back from downtown. You know the economy is bad when you start seeing out of work white doves (if that is what it is).

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