Albino Animals you have seen in the wild

Yesterday afternoon I saw this leucistic mourning dove (I am pretty sure it is a mourning dove) at Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson (Arizona, USA).
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I believe this is a leucistic chipmunk:
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I'm quite sure that this is a small rodent and not any small mustelid. Unfortunately that is not obvious here, but between its tail (Bushy like a chipmunk's tail) and ears, and its location, this should be a chipmunk. Quite regrettably I didn't bring my camera :( so these low res images are all I've got
 

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I believe this is a leucistic chipmunk:
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I'm quite sure that this is a small rodent and not any small mustelid. Unfortunately that is not obvious here, but between its tail (Bushy like a chipmunk's tail) and ears, and its location, this should be a chipmunk. Quite regrettably I didn't bring my camera :( so these low res images are all I've got

If it is a chipmunk then I don't think it will last too long in the wild.
 
Luckily it is right outside a nature center beneath a bunch of bird feeders and has found this convenient hide-hole, so I his prospects may be better than we think

Hopefully so, but nature is unfortunately not very kind to albinos and he / she will have a proverbial target on his back when it comes to predators.
 
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The pale Mule Deer is back in my neighborhood again. It's managed to survive a couple years now. It's not a true albino, but rather a pale cream color over most of its body, with a few more normal colored patches. Definitely sticks out from the rest of the herd, I'm impressed its survived this long.
 
Today I came across a true albino Eastern Gray Squirrel on the grounds of the Bruemmer Park Zoo.
 
Not technically albino, but I have seen a piebald deer at the state park near my house.
 
On my commute today afternoon, I saw piebald? (white with some yellow patches) fallow deer in a herd of normal colored animals, grazing ca 3 meters away from D1 highway.
 
Okay so it might not have technically been albino, but I saw a very very light yellow Eastern Gray Squirrel a few weeks ago! I don’t have a picture unfortunately but it was still very cool-looking nonetheless. I only saw it for a few seconds before it scampered off. Being a blonde myself I guess it was cool to see a blonde squirrel! :D
 
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