--- On Wed, 12/2/09, jeanne williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> In a former soybean field saw a rafter of 24 wild turkeys and right in the middle seeming to be directing the group,was an albino wild
> turkey!!

Hey Jeanne,

You may well have seen an albino wild turkey, but they are very rare. Less rare is the color phase "smokey gray". Smokey gray wild turkeys have white feathers in place of the brown feathers of typical birds and have dark eyes rather than the pink eyes of true albinos. They are sometimes described as "ghostly". They're not common, and they're always a treat to see.

A search of Google Images turned up this photo:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/smokey%20gray%20turkey/BillC_album/042a.jpg

Thanks for posting your find,

Paul Gardner
Columbus, OH

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