Ahmedabad: In the month of Shradh, where Hindu offers a prayer for their ancestral soul, it is not strange to find people looking for crows to take part of the final party, indicating that the soul of people who are loved and peaceful.
So, when the residents of Dharisana Village in Taluka’s Dahegam from the Gandhinagar district saw White Crows, great excitement occurred.
Dharisana Sarpanch Shailesh Patel said that he had seen a rare bird about 20 days ago when he went to a tea shop in the morning.
“I offer Sev and Ganthiyas to birds every day.
One day, I saw a white crow waiting for his turn to peck a snack.
He seems to be slower than other crows that seem to defend their distance from him.
It seems they haven’t put it in their group,” he said.
Experts say that it is white because of gene disorders seen in one of 10,000 birds where rare genetic conditions cause albinism (lack of melanin) or leucism (abnormalities in the deposition of pigments in feathers).
An veterinarian with the Indroda Park in Gandhinagar said, “This happened because of the lack of Melanin pigmentation because it was a white bird.
This type of crow is very rare and there must be one or two throughout Gujarat.” Bharat Jethwa, an ornithologist, said, said, “Albinism and Leucism are two different genetic variations where animals look white.
The difference between the two can be seen from the color of their eyes.
If the bird’s eye is reddish, then it is albino and if the color color is normal, then it is Lucisc.” Nimesh nadolia From Ahmedabad, who works with an organization in the health sector, said that he was with his hard friend Dodia went to the village where they saw the bird.
“We clicked on some good pictures and posted them on social media and news spreading like fire,” said Nandolia.
He said that he liked to click on images of birds and rare animals.
“We have seen albinism in mice and snakes too,” he said.