Thanks, good reminder. In this case the key info is already in my post so I guess the image was superfluous.

Looks like a mild form of albinism, often eventually lethal because of the visual problems that increase with age. Since two key pigment synthesis genes (TYRP1 and SLC45A2) are on the Z in birds and females are the heterogametic sex, most wild birds with mild forms of albinism are young females.

Maybe undulated tinamou?

A friend of mine suggested maybe it was just young and giving it a try out of curiousity. I think no way any mink could just swim up to an alert and healthy duck in plain view to catch it--simply fly way too fast.

I got the feeling the ducks knew exactly how fast the mink could swim and weren't going to waste energy flushing until the mink got close enough to warrant it.

Good news for crossbills

If the username grew it would help but I have found that I like discord for interest groups and blue sky for general news

For a second, I thought this was feeding my carcass to the vultures content

Does this have an audiobook?

What a great event. Wednesday is like my busiest day, teach 3 classes plus have office hours, but I'm going to try to get a student to participate if possible.

Awesome, what's the difference between the black and white tracks on this map?

@ryanfm.bsky.social told me about that titmouse arrival in NYC, and it's also evident in eBird data for New York county