I saw 4 (3F 1M) leucistic turkeys in Pueblo earlier this week. I Googled the phenomena when I returned home and apparently experts think 1 in 100 can be leucistic with females being more common.
Here's my eBird checklist with a couple pictures of the tom and 1 of the females... https://ebird.org/checklist/S84330906 Adrian Lakin, Mead, CO On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 12:46:07 PM UTC-6 Jeff Kehoe wrote: > Last week we had a white turkey show up, mixing in with the usual gang of > wild turkeys. Could it be leucistic? Any thoughts? > > [image: IMG_0146.JPG] > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1e2c5ff6-0ce1-49af-9634-dcdb543c44ean%40googlegroups.com.
