Albino Hummingbird

A Rare treat… an albino hummingbird. Something that is seldom seen and almost NEVER photographed. 

Fifteen-year-old photographer Marlin Shank was fortunate enough to capture several images of a rare albino ruby-throated hummingbird while in a park in Staunton, Va.

This is another example of albinism.  Where albinism is a condition where the animals has less than normal pigmentation,  melanism is a condition where the animal has more than normal pigmentation or melanin.

 Check out other posts here for other beautiful examples.

Rare White Hummingbird Photographed by Marlin Shank

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