Rare white bald eagle spotted in Oklahoma – FOX13 News Memphis

An extraordinarily uncommon, all-white bald eagle was spotted just lately in Oklahoma, wildlife officers mentioned.

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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation on Tuesday shared footage of the hen taken final week by Justin Briley.

“Oklahoma seems to be a great place to spend the winter — especially if you’re an eagle,” officers mentioned in a social media publish.

Wildlife officers in February shared one other picture of an all-white eagle, KOKI-TV reported. Authorities couldn’t say whether or not the eagle, spotted in the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge close to Vian, Oklahoma, was the identical one seen by Briley.

Briley told USA Today that he noticed the eagle consuming an armadillo carcass alongside some turkey vultures as he was returning house for Thanksgiving final week. He realized when he zoomed in on the photographs that the hen was not one other turkey vulture and was as an alternative a bald eagle.

He declined to share the place he discovered the hen, citing considerations for its security.

“With a bird that rare — if everyone knows where it is — it’s going to attract a lot of people,” he told USA Today.

Wildlife officers mentioned the eagle’s uncommon coloring is brought on by a genetic situation referred to as leucism, which prevents pigments from reaching its feathers.

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