One look at the photo, and I instantly understood both the observer's confusion and the mystery bird's identity. It turned out to be a black-capped chickadee with a condition known as “leucism” ...
A total of 1,448 birds were counted across 38 species during New Ulm’s 2024 Christmas Bird Count (CBC). New Ulm CBC Compiler Brian Smith said these count totals were fairly typical for New Ulm, but ...