2 2012 Feb 13 Leucistic Female Duck
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this individual is leucistic, lacking the melanin pigment of normal birds. This is not to be confused with albinism, a condition where the individual is pure white, including its eyes, which show up as pink due to the colour of the blood in its circulatory system. Note its dark eyes.
Leucistic birds are seldom seen. Because of their abnormal whitish colour, they are quite conspicuous and as a result, are soon weeded out of the normal population by predators
bestofnature
on February 14, 2012The detail is outstanding. Great shots.
Jean Edes
on February 13, 2012Wow, this is very interesting two in a couple of months. It iis interesting how the other ducks are very accepting, they do not seem to even care about the difference.
too bad som people were not as kinkLOL