Leucistic Female Northern Cardinal
Copyright © Lewis Scharpf
This is an unusual and beautiful bird and I was delighted to make the observation.
This is a leucistic female Northern Cardinal.
Due to an inability of the bird to deposit the chestnut/buff pigment, phaeomelanin, many of the feathers are white in color.
The red carotenoid pigment is unaffected so the feathers are red in the normal places for a female cardinal.
Photo taken 1/5/19 in Opelika, Alabama.
Nikon D850
,AF-S VR II NIKKOR 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED
1/4000s f/9.0 at 500.0mm iso5000 with Nikon 1.7x Teleconverter
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| Date/Time | 05-Jan-2019 08:39:51 |
| Make | Nikon |
| Model | NIKON D850 |
| Flash Used | No |
| Focal Length | 500 mm |
| Exposure Time | 1/3333 sec |
| Aperture | f/9 |
| ISO Equivalent | 5000 |
| Exposure Bias | 0.33 |
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