Interesting Robin – Leucistic?

I was heading out to work this morning and saw this very oddly colored bird in my neighbor’s yard.  I pulled my camera out of the backpack; unfortunately a 90mm macro lens without VR is not the right lens for a bird at 60 feet.  But I didn’t have time to dig out the longer lens and change it; I was on the way to work after all.  This is a significant crop of a photo of a very interesting American Robin – Turdus migratorius. Presumably this is a case of leucism.

Leucistic American Robin - Turdus migratorius

Leucistic American Robin - Turdus migratorius

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