Anchorage’s white raven becomes a local legend as a tracked trickster

Since October of last year, Anchorage has been visited by a rare, feathered celebrity – a white raven, which appears to have taken up residence in the Spenard neighborhood. Last summer, the raven was spotted south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula, where biologists confirmed the bird is not an albino but leucistic – which means it has a gene that causes a loss of pigmentation. It also has blue eyes. Biologists believe it’s most likely the same bird that has delighted Anchorage this winter.

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