Leucistic White-breasted Nuthatch

Tweet My girlfriend and I took an afternoon walk this Thanksgiving Day at Pattison Park in Owensville, Ohio.  First birds we found was a mixed goldfinch and pine siskin flock eating sweetgum seeds.  The place was pretty birdy, so I decided to walk all the trails.

While I was talking to my girlfriend, I noticed an almost all white bird walking down the tree.  It made no sound.  It took me a little while to determine what I was looking at.  I was looking at a leucistic White-breasted Nuthatch.  I have never seen such a thing, as the bird was almost all white.  You could just see a hint of the black on top of the head and the back of the neck.  The bird appeared all white when it flew, very odd and ghost like.

It then dawned on me that I had a camera around my neck.  Soon as I raised the camera, the bird decided it didn't want any of this.  I was able to get these fast shots.

Dang stick!!

It was a cool looking bird!

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