An oddly colored jackdaw in England photographed in september 2013. The eyes look colorless as well. They are usually blue. More animal pictures on Camera Critters and more bird pictures on Wild Bird Wednesday and The Bird D’Pot.
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Birdbrain 
Reblogged this on From My Horizon.
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Wonderful shot a pretty gem of nature ~ Happy Weekend to you ~ ^_^
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Thank you! I wish you a good sunday!
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Beautiful shot, thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thank you!
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We have a large family of jackdaws, crows and magpie’s they all have a pecking order. They all come at the same time 🙂 TWICE A DAY 🙂 Lovely photo’s 🙂 xxx
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They are fun to watch. I have seen jackdaws fighting. There were two that fighted and the others stood in a ring watching much like a human boxing fight. Quite amazing to watch, Birds are very social animals. I wish you a great sunday!
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Molting maybe?
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I don´t think so, I seem to remember he (or she) was smaller than the ordinary jackdaw. I have seen a blackbird with the same kind of odd feathers. We have a white cockatiel who has some grey feathers, The ordinary cockatiel is grey (with yellow head and orange markings). The cockatiels we had before were bigger as well than the small guy we have now and he sounds more like a budgeridgar than a cockatiel. But it is more common in pets than in wild animals. I wish you a great sunday!
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perhaps it is a juvenile changing to adult plumage? Or an albino…can’t think of the word for birds lacking color in spots…it starts with an “L”….or maybe it is beginning its molting season. In any case, it’s a great image!!
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Thank you! I think it is a mutation of some sort. The jackdaw was as I remember it rather small and that makes me think of our white cockatiel that is also smaller than the grey ones we had before. He is white but have a few grey feathers randomly distributed. And the eyes of this jackdaw is colorless. They have very often or almost always very striking blue eyes. Tried to ggogle the word but couldn´t find it. But I am certain I have known it too, I wish you a good sunday!
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Its amazing Christina, how nature from time to time throws a spanner in the works, and turns out something beautiful, great shot.
All the best Gordon.
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Thank you! He is beautiful! I wish you a great sunday!
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Cool sighting and a great photo
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Look molting?? lovely bird and shot, greeting from Belgium
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Awesome!
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Maybe this Jackdaw is molding or a little leucistic:)
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Thank you! Leucistic was the term we were looking for. I wish you a great weekend!
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Hi Christine Well I wonder when this bird breeds, what the young ones will be like. Interesting!
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Den ser faktiskt lite konstig ut. Har inte sett någonting liknande tidigare.
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Jag har sett en koltrast här i Malmö med några vita fjädrar bland det svarta så det förekommer säkert här och där i naturen. Vår nymfparakit är mestadels vit med spridda gråa fjädrar och gråa vingar men han är ju en burfågel. Men han är också mindre än de naturligt färgade gråa fåglarna vi haft tidigare och jag tycker han låter mer som en undulat än en nymfparakit. Jag önskar dig en skön helg!
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Odd maybe but a great photo.
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