Bird Watching: Hoar Frost & Birds in a winter wonder land., 1 by avaeads

avaeads wrote:
Hi Gary.........I have been feeding huge flocks of pine grosbeaks here for many years and yesterday I observed a color deviation that was a first for me. This particular bird has black spots on its breast. Have you or anyone else seen this anomaly before? I also saw one with the spots that also had a white throat and some white above the eyes. I've been watching for them all day today, but so far, no such luck. I did manage to get a pic of the one with just the black spots....