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douglas9

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Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:59 AM Feb 2024

Anchorage's white raven becomes a local legend as a tracked trickster [View all]

Since October of last year, Anchorage has been visited by a rare, feathered celebrity — a white raven, which appears to have taken up residence in the Spenard neighborhood.

Last summer, the raven was spotted south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula, where biologists confirmed the bird is not an albino but leucistic — which means it has a gene that causes a loss of pigmentation. It also has blue eyes. Biologists believe it’s most likely the same bird that has delighted Anchorage this winter.

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/01/30/anchorages-white-raven-becomes-a-local-legend-as-a-tracked-trickster/

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ravens have a bad rap. no wonder why the first ones AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #1
Ravens are smarter than half the people you'll meet. Probatim Feb 2024 #4
indeed. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #6
Here's a picture cyclonefence Feb 2024 #2
Beautiful. We have a white squirrel blm Feb 2024 #5
3 and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... MiHale Feb 2024 #3
lol AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #7
🤪 MiHale Feb 2024 #8
That Raven has Blue eyes! Cattledog Feb 2024 #9
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