The other thing is we live out in the boonies and I'm not aware of anybody nearby that has turkeys (they may though). A domestic may have had to walk a long way to join our gang. Could be though.
On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 1:36:25 PM UTC-6 Jeff Kehoe wrote: > I also thought about a domestic wild hybrid. I don't know. It was around > for a few days and is now gone. We can get up to 60 wild ones in our yard > and had never seen a white one before. > > On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 1:33:19 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > >> >> 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/aa6d2c0e-efef-45d5-86d1-86bef467a77fn%40googlegroups.com.
