Leucistic Sparrow in Northumberland (1 Viewer)

[Bill Short]

My apologies if I should not be posting this here - but it seems quite a rare bird to us.
A regular visitor to our village garden in Kirkwhelpington.

 

[Janieb]

By coincidence, I had a first visit to my garden feeder yesterday by a leucistic greenfinch (I think). It is a lovely primrose yellow all over with deeper yellow bars on the wings.

 

[Outboard]

I'm not sure what it is but I dont think it's a sparrow with a bill like that.

 

[Steve Lister]

Just by coincidence I saw a leucistic wild Rabbit at Rutland Water dam yesterday.

Steve

 

[retsinab]

Leucistic Sparrow

My apologies if I should not be posting this here - but it seems quite a rare bird to us.
A regular visitor to our village garden in Kirkwhelpington.

I have my own leucistic sparrow that has been visiting my feeders in the far northwest corner of Missouri over the past month and a half. He comes in with a flock of house sparrows and is certainly outstanding with his golden color.

I did not know about leucisim and discovered this is what I had by contacting Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Jim B.