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My Leucistic Song Sparrow Sighting

By Mia McPherson|October 15th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Leucistic, Song Sparrows, Utah|Tags: aberrant plumage, adult, autumn, fall, leucism, leucistic, marsh, Melospiza melodia, morning, normal, perched, phragmites, phrags, pigment issues, plumage, plumage issue, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, Utah, wetlands|

My second gobsmack in a week occurred when I spotted a stunning leucistic Song Sparrow while driving slowly along the road at Farmington Bay WMA two days ago.

Variant Canada Goose With A White Forehead

By Mia McPherson|November 25th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: abberant, adult, autumn, Branta canadensis, brow, calling, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, fall, forehead, geese, goose, normal, plumage aberration, pond, urban, variant, water, waterfowl|

This week, while photographing birds at my neighborhood pond, I came upon an uncommon Canada Goose with a white forehead and an oddly shaped cheek patch.