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To: MomwithHope
Robins nesting under our barn eaves on their second clutch.

For the past several weeks I've had a leucistic Robin hanging around my back yard. A leucistic Robin is a Robin that has white feathers lacking melanin instead of dark feather.

A leucistic Robin looks like the following...

It's my understanding that only 1 out of 30,000 Robins has such coloring.

17 posted on 06/15/2024 6:53:21 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

Beautiful!


18 posted on 06/15/2024 6:54:31 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: FreeReign

Are you sure that isn’t the albino bison born in Yellowstone last week?


48 posted on 06/15/2024 7:46:14 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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