Interesting. Thanks for sharing those images. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://magblog.audubon.org/family-captures-albino-hummingbird-stunning-photographs > > Neat! > > We were fortunate to have a leucistic Barn Swallow born at our place > this summer. I don't believe I posted the pictures to the PDML at the > time: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/7481012082/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/7481013858/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/7481016454/ > > (Leucism and albinism both refer to pigmentation deficiencies and are > often confused; see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism>. I would > probably call the hummingbird leucistic as well, as the eyes appear to > be normally pigmented instead of red.) > > In flight, the swallow was very striking to watch, and reminded me of > a tiny tern. Unfortunately I didn't get any usable photos of it in > flight... swallows are challenging, even when you're not trying for a > specific individual. > > Our swallow was around for several weeks. We have not seen it since > getting back from vacation a couple of weeks ago. I'm hoping it's > still doing OK somewhere, but albino and leucistic birds often have > short lifespans, as they are less camoflauged and may have brittle > feathers and/or impaired eyesight. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
