Here's something you don't see every day....

[Cabin Fever]

Photos taken from our front porch this morning.

 

[Peanut]

I've never seen a white crow! Never heard of one either! Doesn't seem to be an albino but I've never seen any bird that was an albino. Thought it only happened with mammals. Must be an odd genetic quirk.

 

[Patchouli]

I saw an albino dove a few days ago.
Unusual looking bird! @Cabin Fever

 

[havasu]

Only black crows matter!

 

[Magus]

They're more common than you think, it's showing up in deer too.
I think it's called "piebald" syndrome.

 

[Cabin Fever]

I've never seen a white crow! Never heard of one either! Doesn't seem to be an albino but I've never seen any bird that was an albino. Thought it only happened with mammals. Must be an odd genetic quirk.

I believe it is leucistic, not albino.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Only black crows matter!

I prefer Old Crow.

 

[old tex]

Don't feed the white crow! Everybody knows that it was born with privileges.

 

[zoomzoom]

Had a white Robin like that a few years back.

 

[Pearl]

Superstition says white crows symbolize purity and transformation! A good omen!

 

[havasu]

Superstition says white crows symbolize purity and transformation! A good omen!

 

[Pearl]

AND if you see and ODD number of black crows it's good luck! And just to keep covering my butt.... If you see Hispanic or Asian crows you might be drinking too much!!

 

[dademoss]

Don't feed the white crow! Everybody knows that it was born with privileges.

White Crows Matter

 

[Caribou]

This one hangs around the north end of Anchorage. It doesn’t get along with the black crows well.

 

[Magus]

Odin is hanging around your backyard somewhere.

 

[joel]

I've never seen a white crow! Never heard of one either! Doesn't seem to be an albino but I've never seen any bird that was an albino. Thought it only happened with mammals. Must be an odd genetic quirk.

First time for me too.
It is just old, white feathers are a sign of luck & wisdom.

 

[Caribou]

First time for me too.
It is just old, white feathers are a sign of luck & wisdom.

Leucism is often used to describe the phenotype that results from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair, or feathers during development. This results in either the entire surface (if all pigment cells fail to develop) or patches of body surface (if only a subset are defective) having a lack of cells that can make pigment.

Since all pigment cell-types differentiate from the same multipotent precursor cell-type, leucism can cause the reduction in all types of pigment. This is in contrast to albinism, for which leucism is often mistaken. Albinism results in the reduction of melanin production only, though the melanocyte (or melanophore) is still present. Thus in species that have other pigment cell-types, for example xanthophores, albinos are not entirely white, but instead display a pale yellow color.

More common than a complete absence of pigment cells is localized or incomplete hypopigmentation, resulting in irregular patches of white on an animal that otherwise has normal coloring and patterning. This partial leucism is known as a "pied" or "piebald" effect; and the ratio of white to normal-colured skin can vary considerably not only between generations, but between different offspringfrom the same parents, and even between members of the same litter. This is notable in horses, cows, cats, dogs, the urban crow[7] and the ball python[8] but is also found in many other species.

 

[joel]

Caribou, when I grow up I want to be as smart as you are..

 

[Caribou]

Caribou, when I grow up I want to be as smart as you are..

Funny but I’m sure you can do better than that. If you want to lower your standards just don’t grow up. That works for me.

 

[forcast]

Wow white crows white buffalo and the government killing owls....got to be close to end of days

 

[Supervisor42]

Wow white crows white buffalo and the government killing owls....got to be close to end of days

I couldn't believe that, but it is true .
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1241874707/california-spotted-owl-barred-owl-usfws

A proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to kill roughly half a million barred owls to protect the spotted owl has conservationists and animal welfare advocates debating the moral issue of killing one species to protect another.

Racist white-privilege must die:

 

[zoomzoom]

That was just rude @Snowman
You should have provided a warning.

 

[Snowman]

Yes, Sorry about that one...!!! It was def Over the Top...!!

Should have been this one :

I prefer Old Crow.

This one does also :

 

[Snowman]

Hope That one is OK...?!?

 

[Bacpacker]

Hope That one is OK...?!?

I needed a jug of eye bleach for that other one

 

[zoomzoom]

Still looking for the "PUKE" emoji.