But then I noticed the tail.
How would but one tail feather get covered with snow?
Not snow, rather the bird is leucistic, a condition in which melanin, and the cells that produce it, is missing.
Makes for a curious looking bird.
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Uncommon Grackle
It is snowing today, five inches and counting. So I first thought this Common Grackle had done a face-plant and had a snow mask. Worthy of a photo.
But then I noticed the tail.
How would but one tail feather get covered with snow?
Not snow, rather the bird is leucistic, a condition in which melanin, and the cells that produce it, is missing.
But then I noticed the tail.
How would but one tail feather get covered with snow?
Not snow, rather the bird is leucistic, a condition in which melanin, and the cells that produce it, is missing.
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