It looks like a Hoary Repoll to me.  Pretty bird.
Isn't "hoary" the same thing as "part albino" (as in hoarfrost)?
Thanks for sending the photos!

Here are more photos that may help your discernment:
http://www.pbase.com/image/92123540
http://www.pbase.com/dberard/image/91530982
http://flickr.com/photos/terryandchristine/2216087552/

~ June in Jericho


At 01:42 PM 1/28/2008, you wrote:
>I was looking through some old photos-(really old- 1992)- and found this
>unusual bird- a Redpoll but what kind.  Part Albino?  Part Hoary?
>
>http://www.pbase.com/creaturekinships/redpoll_1992odd
>
>If anyone has a clue, I'd love to hear your opinions.
>
>Meanwhile, we continue to get the garden variety most days here in
>Norwich/Beaver Meadow area. Numbers vary from one, who thinks he's a
>chickadee, to 40-50.
>
>
>Cindy Crawford