Nature Done Wright

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July 30, 2025

Monday Mystery Answered

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On Monday I asked:

Who is this guy? Anything unusual about him?

Photographed on the lawn of the historic John Fell House, near the Celery Farm.

Several people answered correctly: a partially leucistic robin. Congrats to all.

More about leucism here:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-can-cause-birds-to-show-weird-color-variations-such-as-being-all-or-partly-white-or-unusually-dark/

John Pastore threw in a bonus pic — a  partially leucistic grackle.

Leucistic Grackle 75K_1372

 

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