Mike, Interesting phenomenon and a good photo. The Michael Jackson of moorhens... Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:24 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suffering a rare condition. This is a moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) which is > leucistic, a syndrome causing paler than normal colouring. It can occur > either in patches of total loss, as here, or as a general fading overall, > varying in intensity and coverage to the point where the animal is almost > completely white. Not the same as albinism. > > http://home.fotocommunity.com/mike.a.wilson/index.php?id=529253&d=15159590 > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.