Photographer Reunites With Rare White Loon After Years of Searching

Canadian photographer Chris Whitty captured a rare white loon after spending years searching for it.

The white loon is leucistic, similar to an animal with albinism, but less extreme. Albinism prevents an animal from producing melanin while leucism is a “partial loss of all types of pigmentation,” making it appear white or lighter in color or splotchy in parts, as the National Park Service explains.