Partially leucistic – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Leucistic Canada Goose

By Mia McPherson|January 26th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Leucistic, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, geese, goose, head, leucism, leucistic, odd plumage, partial leucism, Partially leucistic, plumage variation, pond, water, waterfowl, white head, white-headed, winter|

I didn't see any American Robins feeding on crabapples yesterday but I did find a leucistic Canada Goose at my local pond.

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Water Dance of Leucistic Eared Grebes on the Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|July 22nd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Eared Grebes, Leucistic, Utah|Tags: abnormal pigmentation, brine flies, brine shrimp, Eared Grebe, Great Salt Lake, grebe, grebes, hypersaline lake, leucism, leucistic, Partially leucistic, pigment issues, Podiceps nigricollis, rare, saline lake, water dance|

I will probably never see and photograph so many leucistic Eared Grebes again in my life time as I did yesterday on the Great Salt Lake.

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Partially Leucistic Adult Red-tailed Hawk in Flight – A Rare and Wonderful Sight!

By Mia McPherson|November 15th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Leucistic, Rarities, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, feather wear, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, leucism, leucistic, molt, molting, partial albino, Partially leucistic, raptors, rare, rarity, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk|

When the partially leucistic Red-tailed Hawk lifted off from the power pole I was able to capture photos of it in flight and I was stunned by the beauty of the hawk, pictures do not do this bird justice.

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Partially Leucistic Black-billed Magpie

By Mia McPherson|March 20th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Leucistic, Utah|Tags: "piebald" effect, bird photography, Black-billed Magpie, bush, Davis County, flight, flying, landing, leucism, leucistic, magpie, magpies, Partially leucistic, Pica hudsonia, pied, pigment issues|

Last week I photographed some Black-billed Magpies on Antelope Island State Park and one of them was partially leucistic

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