Tag Archives: Barbara Pratt

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Ron LeValley photographed the leucistic Black Oystercatcher. The bird fledged from the Mendocino Headlands, and Ron found it on a nearby mussel bed.

We've seen other instances of this. Last year,  Roger Adamson photographed this leusictic Black Oystercatcher chick.

And here's a leucistic American Robin, photographed some years ago by Susan Gonzales.

And a leusictic Dark-eyed Junco, photographed by Barbara Pratt.

It's always startling to see! Thanks to Ron, Susan, Roger and Barbara for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see much more of Ron's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://levalleyphoto.com/home/

Sunny, mild day on the Mendonoma coast. Might be a chance to see a green flash at sunset tonight!

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Barbara Pratt was surprised to see this little bird at her feeder. It's a nearly-white Dark-eyed Junco. We used to call this partially albino, but the correct term is leucistic.

Leucistic Dark-eyed Junco 2 by Barbara Pratt Leucistic Dark-eyed Junco by Barbara Pratt (Large)

You can see in the second photo of this unusual bird that there is a normal-colored Junco on the right. Barbara said this bird seemed to be accepted by the other Juncos. It surely is a striking sight!

Thanks to Barbara for allowing me to share her photo with you here.