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Leucistic Turkey Vulture
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Peggy
I think I have a leucistic Turkey Vulture that has been around for 2 seasons (we named him Whitey, since he seems to live here). It has white feathers surrounding its neck but otherwise appears to be a normal looking TUVU. Just today I saw what I presume to be a juvenile TUVU with a black head and a white patch of feathers just on the right side of his neck. Is leucism in TUVUs becoming more common?, is this a likely offspring of Whitey? Just curious if anyone has any knowledge they can share about this.
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Chris Van Beveren
A female House Sparrow that comes to our seed feeder often has a crown of white feather on the top of her head. We have named her Paint. Chris Van Beveren Beck Travel 565 Baywood Way Los Osos CA 93402 Phone: 805 439-2023 becktravel@...
On Monday, July 6, 2020, 05:11:22 PM PDT, Peggy <peggysueburhenn@...> wrote: I think I have a leucistic Turkey Vulture that has been around for 2 seasons (we named him Whitey, since he seems to live here). It has white feathers surrounding its neck but otherwise appears to be a normal looking TUVU. Just today I saw what I presume to be a juvenile TUVU with a black head and a white patch of feathers just on the right side of his neck. Is leucism in TUVUs becoming more common?, is this a likely offspring of Whitey? Just curious if anyone has any knowledge they can share about this.
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