odd coloured birds pigeons

[les gedge]

for those who does not know the colour of the collered dove .put the picture of the same coloured pigeons.les

[FalconFN]

They are woodies (ring doves in some places), not collared doves.

[worthy130]

look like woodies that have bred with ferals.......definatly not collard doves

[les gedge]

look like woodies that have bred with ferals.......definatly not collard doves

hi bud did not say they were doves same colour as the doves on over topic bud.les

[samyw]

Look like woodies that have crossed with ferals I think les not to sure though bud

[miroku moocher]

they are woodies. just a lecustic colour variant

[miroku moocher]

here is a carrion crow partly lecustic.

[olly321]

cross bred

[hobgoblin]

here is a carrion crow partly lecustic.

one of "alfred hitchcocks"??

[caeser]

As miroku moocher correctly pointed out, they are leucistic.

They are definately not woodpigeon/feral cross birds as that would almost never happen.

Leucism affects the feather pigment on lots of bird species, and in some cases they can be completely white. It is not albino, its a different thing altogether.

Funnily enough, I saw an almost completely white woodpigeon last year whilst decoying. It came so close to me in the hide, but I never raised the gun at all, because I didn't think it was a woodpigeon. I looked at it as it flew past me and realised it was a woodpigeon, but I was in such shock that I just watched it fly away.

Thats when I researched and found out about leucism.

I've seen plenty of leucistic crows and even blackbirds, with small patches of white in them.