Would this be referred to as a leucistic crow?
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:53 PM kelsberg <
kelsberg at uw.edu> wrote:
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I saw an unusually pigmented crow (I've never seen anything like it
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before) this morning from the pedestrian path along Lake Washington Blvd,
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about 1/2 mile north of Seward Park. Overall, it was café-au-lait, with a
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darker brown head and proximal tail, medium brown over the back and much of
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the wings, and white wing tips and distal tail and flight feathers.
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It was foraging on the lawn near where some picnic must have happened,
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since it took flight with what appeared to be a piece of watermelon.
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I took a quick burst of iPhone photos (low quality), which I've posted on
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the public Flickr account at:
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/145727674 at N05/?
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If they are not visible I can also email them to anyone who is interested.
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I sent some of the photos to Dennis Paulson, who said he'd never seen one
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like it either and suggested that it was a rare mutation. He hoped some
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photographers might track it down and get better images.
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Good hunting!
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Gary Kelsberg
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Seattle
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kelsberg at u dot washington dot edu
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