That was one of the front page headline stories of Susanville’s Lassen Advocate newspaper of April 1, 1927. The following is what the newspaper reported:
“James Madison, the young son of Mrs. Jessie Madison, saw a strange looking bird flying on the Hulsman Ranch about a week ago. After several attempts to get near enough to see what it was, he shot it. Nobody seemed to be able to tell what it was, so John B. Christie sent it to the University of California Berkeley for any information they might be able to give.
“During the past week a reply has been received that the bird was a Albino robin and that it is a very rare specimen for this section of the country.”
Maybe the kid was an ancestor of Dicky Parker??