Hi, This is my first post here and I'm not posting this because it's such a great photo but because of the birds rarity. This showed up at my feeders with a bunch of white-winged dove and has been ID'ed as a Leicistic Dove. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucistic It was the same size and body type as the white-wings it was with and the first thing I thought of was an Albino but not completely so the ID fits. I know I've got the bird positioned on the wrong side of the frame but there's a feeder just in front of him to the left.
I've been lurking and admiring the skills of everyone here and hope to join you with more images. C&C is always welcome on any of my images no matter where they are posted.
Forgot to mention:
Olympus E-30 - Hand Held Sigms 50-500 @ 390mm ISO100
Last edited by Don Richardson; 06-30-2010 at 01:30 PM.
Hi Don, big welcome to BPN. Thanks for sharing this rare bird and agree on your self critique of the bird in the wrong side of the far,e. Exposure is right on, looking forward to more from you.
I'll copy this thread to the Avian ID gallery, so it can be enjoy there.