Leucistic Red Kite

[Stan]

In previous visits we have seen 2 or 3 of these at Gigrin but this time just the one and he was around just for a short time

Stan

1/1250, f 5.6, ISO 400

leucistic kite by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr


leucistic kite by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr

[pelliott1954]

Re: Leucistic Red Kite

Nice shots as always Stan, I have seen pic's of these on here before, and wondered, are they treated as normal by the other Reds or are they seen as different and shunned or even attacked?

Regards Paul

[quadphoto]

Re: Leucistic Red Kite

Excellent detail in photo1, what a difference some good light makes when photographing these magnificent Birds.

[Stan]

Re: Leucistic Red Kite

Thanks Guys

I have seen pic's of these on here before, and wondered, are they treated as normal by the other Reds or are they seen as different and shunned or even attacked?

I don't think they are attacked but feeding there certainly seems to be a pecking order as the leucistic are never the first to join in the feed

Stan

[Hereford_EOS]

Re: Leucistic Red Kite

I have seen pic's of these on here before, and wondered, are they treated as normal by the other Reds or are they seen as different and shunned or even attacked?

Quote from Gigrin Farm website:
Leucistic red kites rarely survive very long under natural conditions but having found the red kite feeding station it had a much better chance.

Another great image Stan

[Stan]

Re: Leucistic Red Kite

I should have looked that up on the Gigrin site - although its a bit old now

Thanks for looking


Stan

[tesarver]

Re: Leucistic Red Kite

Again Stan, very good detail in your images.

Tom

[Stan]

Re: Leucistic Red Kite

thanks Tom

Stan

[DeeGee]

Re: Leucistic Red Kite

Beautiful colour. With a bit of luck they'll survive.