I'm so excited. Yesterday, in Crested Butte, CO, I saw my first leucistic bird! I was driving up the mountain and saw a "white blob" on top of a spruce. My curiosity got the better of me (thankfully) and we pulled off the road for a better look. My curiosity was rewarded! This is a Red-tailed hawk.

*I'd love to see any other leucistic critters you all may have captured.

Cool.
What species is it?

Ziggy said:

Cool.
What species is it?

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Duh! I forgot to add that it is a Red-tailed Hawk. Thanks for the nudge.

I have been fortunate enough to photograph 2 leucistic redtail hawks here in Northern Indiana.

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Absolutely fantastic. I LOVE the first shot!!

Nice catch!! The single time I've had a memory card failure was after I shot a PAIR of luecistic Black-billed Magpies. I chimped the images on my D3 so much I figure I caused the card failure but only got some error message when I went to download them.

Too far away but this is the first leucistic bird I ever saw let alone photographed, pardon the lack of detail she was over 1000" away.

Great photos -- red-tails are known for a higher incidence of leucistic and melanistic individuals -- I've never seen either.

Very interesting photos!

I wish she was closer than she was. It is private property so I could not get closer.

I could offer this little one for the theme.