I am not crazy about this photo. I love the two Blue Jays but I don’t like the background. I asked them to relocated but they ignored my request. 🤣
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This bird was a mystery to me. I tried to identify it using all the tools, but finally sent a DM to a friend that suggested it looked like it could be a Piebald Robin. You can clearly see the robin colors in the breast. But what is the deal with Piebaid anyway?
From Wikipedia:
A piebald horse, Tobiano pattern A piebald or pied animal is one that has a pattern of unpigmented spots (white) on a pigmented background of hair, feathers or scales. Thus a piebald black and white dog is a black dog with white spots. The animal's skin under the white background is not pigmented.
Location of the unpigmented spots is dependent on the migration of melanoblasts (primordial pigment cells) from the neural crest to paired bilateral locations in the skin of the early embryo. The resulting pattern appears symmetrical only if melanoblasts migrate to both locations of a pair and proliferate to the same degree in both locations. The appearance of symmetry can be obliterated if the proliferation of the melanocytes (pigment cells) within the developing spots is so great that the sizes of the spots increase to the point that some of the spots merge, leaving only small areas of the white background among the spots and at the tips of the extremities.
Animals with this pattern may include birds, cats, cattle, dogs, foxes, horses, cetaceans, deer, pigs, and snakes. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin (blue eyes for pink skin, brown for dark). The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition known as leucism.
I hope that helps . .it sure was helpful to me.
Lastly, a special thanks to Dyna for pointing me in this direction. You rock!
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We took a little drive and hiked at Grand Lake St Mary’s yesterday. As we hiked at Windy Point, we saw these sparrow sized birds that seemed impossible to photograph. We both kept trying, and by the time we returned to the car, all we had was a few shots.
When we returned home, I was surpirsed to find what we had photographed. I thought I saw some red, and sure enough, we had seen a gallup of Redpools. Yes, these are photos of the Common Redpoll. The last photo may be a male. The male has more red on the breast, while both the male and female have red on the head. Two of these photos were captured by Teresa and two by me. A fun time, but cold.
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This was another big surprise .. our 1st sighting of an American Goldfinch for 2021. This one is a female. We did not see any males, but I am sure we will soon.
Why am I so excited? We have never photographed a Goldfinch in Feburary or March. Last year I think it was Apirl or May. Did I mention I am so excited?
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We hiked on Sunday afternoon .... and there was a lot of snow. This Blue jay seemed to follow us for part of the hike. Teresa took the first photo, and I captured the last two.
As for the snow, we saw a couple guys running the snow covered trails in the snow (See the photo). I guess it was not that bad out there. At least the trail was plowed and the temperature was mild.
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