Leucism

I never heard that word before tonight. Out on my walk I found this robin with all these white spots on it. When I googled it ... it said that this was a genetic condition which prevents pigments from reaching the feather. It looked to me like someone spilt some paint on it. Lol The other robins didn't seem to notice.

[LManning (Laura)]

I’ve never seen one like that! The markings are actually quite lovely.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, I've never heard of that before. Such a pretty unique looking robin and a great capture.

[Gosia]

So interesting

[Joanne Diochon]

I’ve heard of it before in animals like deer and wolves but didn’t know it happened in birds too.

[amyK]

Interesting shot. Have seen this a couple of times in varying degrees.

[Elizabeth]

Really unusual markings!

[DebbieG]

How interesting! I would have been going nuts thinking I'd spotted a rare bird :)

[Dawn]

How interesting

[Rick]

Great capture. Don't think I've ever noticed that in any of the birds around here.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Gorgeous bird and shot

[Diana]

Oh shame, he certainly is not as pretty as the others.

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, he is a bit like a dappled horse. Lovely shot of this unusual fellow.

[Casablanca]

Oh poor wee thing! He looks happy enough though. More like a piebald pony.

[Margo]

He is quite a chubby bird

[Denise Wood]

Fascinating :)

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Super capture fv!

[Monique]

Great capture

[carol white]

Great find and capture.I've seen blackbirds like this.Fav😊

[Lee]

Wonderful capture.

[Steve Jacob]

This seems to getting more common in many species of bird recently

[Kate]

He looks healthy despite the leucism. Lovely capture

[KV]

Very unique looking robin.

[Lynda McG]

Lovely shot - fav

[Junko Y]

Fascinating -- learned something new! What a rare capture.