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Published: 2016-12-04 20:09:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 5863; Favourites: 357; Downloads: 69
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A leucistic Red Tailed Hawk.Feel free to use my photos as references and stock. Please give me credit if you use my photo! I would love to see what you make, so send me a link!
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she is a very beautiful hawk, but i think that her unusual color might be a problem in the nature, it's probably very easy to spot her from a long distance.
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i'm aware of that, i meant to say that if she was in the wild her unusual color might be a disadvantage.
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Potentially, but there are several that are documented and kept an eye on that have been around for years. Most of them seem to be in the midwest.
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having a very noticiable color may take away an advantage(depending on the current location) but that doesnt make it impossible for the bird to survive, that unusual color could be actually good on a very white location like a snowy place or something like that.
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honestly this is out of this world
Where are the animals from you capture in your work? Especially this guy omg
i can't get over this beauty somebody help me
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A large portion of the birds of prey I photograph are birds I work with, or are birds that friends of mine work with. This one happens to belong to a group called SIA, the Comanche Nation Ethno-ornithological Initiative. 
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Oh wow, she's stunning! I've never seen a leucistic hawk before!
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There aren't too many of them out there!
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Thank you! She really is!
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She is Leucistic. It is very similar to albinism, hence why she is white.
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Yeah, English is not my first so I don't know 100% leucistic ...xP
But thanks
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Oh ok! Don't worry, most people don't really know what leucism is. Here is the definition:
Leucism is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin.
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Ohh i see I've heard of it before, thank you so munch though!!!!^^
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My goodness, what a beauty!
We had a melanistic Red Tailed at our park. Always wondered about the leucistic.
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Yea, she is incredibly beautiful
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oh shit, she is beautiful. her beak looks so smooth and her feathers so clean and....i´m gobsmacked how beautiful she looks, I mean I love birds by defauolt but she is definetly, a sight for my eyes.
what a model.
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Yea she is a breathtaking bird
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Woah! A shiny pokemon! Joking aside,this is amazing,but what does Leucistic mean?
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Haha!
Leucism is a lot like albinism, but typically isn't as severe. This bird is a bit of an exception to that.
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She belongs to a fiend's organization called SIA.
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Do they tour around for shows, too?
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No, they happened to be doing a little Pow-wow the day I was there. They are the Comanche Nation's eagle breeding project. They mainly do work with indigenous people around the world.
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dis bird is simply too majestic
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Very beautiful bird, so glad to see she's being cared for too!
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Awesome. I dare say this bird's more handsome than a normal red tail! Do you have photos of it with its wings spread?
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I don't, she didn't really want to move around a whole lot. She was quite comfortable watching everything on her perch
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Looks like a statue the way it is standing up so proudly so that everyone can admire the beauty of this white angel!
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