White-Headed Black-Capped Chickadee in Moretown

Posted on Tuesday 31 March 2009

Bald Headed Chickadee

 

Leucistic Chickadee in Moretown

 

White headed Black Capped Chickadee

 

Here is the “bald-headed” or leucistic Black-Capped Chickadee that has been coming and going at the home of Scott Saintsbury in Moretown.  Note the white head!!!  Scott had to shoot through a window on a dreary day so the shutter speed was low. And, the bird would not stand still. Scott reports that he was lucky to get him/her at all — as it usually just stayed for a seed or two and then bolted. 

 

(Editor’s Note: Don’t worry about photo quality when shooting rare birds Scott.  If anyone had gotten this good a shot of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker down south, there would no longer be any doubt about its continued existence.)

 

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