MBC Dilute Plumage Bald profile photo.

MBC Dilute Plumage Bald profile photo.
the Lower K. Legend. MBC Photo

Friday, November 18, 2016

Updates: ***as promised*** regarding Leucistic or Dilute plumage birds.... (Posting for recent attendees of recent outings and presentations)



Dilute Plumage:

Faded Colors, The normal birds color pattern is evident, but dilute-plumage is very faded compared to a normally colored bird.



Pied, Leucistic, or “Partial albinism”

Areas of Pure White In Odd Spots, Leucism is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the feathers, but not the eyes.




 Dilute Plumage Red-tailed Hawk (Joan Geary) Sonoma County, "Powder" 

 Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk  (George Eade) Solano County "Casper"


 Dilute Plumage Red-tailed Hawk (Rick Evets)  Marin County "Smokey"

 Dilute Plumage RTHA (West County Hawkwatch stock photo) "Dusty"


 Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk  (George Eade) Solano County


 Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk 
(Photo from CVB {Central Valley Birds group} all rights original photographer)


 Dilute Plumage Bald Eagle (Larry Broderick) Lower Klamath Basin  

 Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk  (random internet photo, all rights to original photographer)

Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk  (Pamela Rose Hawken) Sonoma County "Store"


2003 Joseph Morlan, Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk


Karen Burnson Dilute Bald Eagle "Lucky" South Bay Area



John Ma, Dilute Bald Eagle "Lucky" South Bay Area

Leucistic and Dilute Plumage Birds of Prey

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