Gloria Nagler: Different but alike
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
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"Snowflake" photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler |
Despite the difference in the portion of white displayed, both the Douglas' Squirrel and Dark-eyed Junco in these images, taken in our yard, are leucistic.
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Leucistic Junko Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler |
Not albino, because, e.g., their eyes are not affected.
The internet tells me its a partial or total loss of pigmentation.
I've seen a number of leucistic birds, but only ever this one leucistic squirrel (whom we call Snowflake:).
--Gloria Z. Nagler
1 comments:
That's interesting to see 2 variants in the same spot. They must love your place...
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