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Sep 30, 2019

Different, but maybe not very attractive...

Photo by BarrytheBirder
This female House Sparrow is displaying what appears to be an over-production of melanin, a dark brown or black pigment which occurs at random in its feathers.  It seems however to be quite at home with the other normally-coloured House Sparrows at our backyard feeders.
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BarrytheBirder

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