Photo credit Richard MacDonald.
Here's an interesting photo taken by one of our readers, Rich MacDonald of Corbeil.
"This picture was taken at my home. It is not an albino blue jay but it has a genetic issue called Leucism. It has all the traits of a blue jay except the colour," he wrote.
Leucism is an abnormal plumage condition caused by a genetic mutation that prevents pigment, particularly melanin, from being properly deposited on a bird’s feathers.
As a result, the birds do not have the normal, classic plumage colours.
