Archive for 'deformities'
An Injured Crow
I have many bird visitors daily to my feeders. The past few days a crow has been visiting. This crow is beautiful, younger but this crow is injured. And it makes me so sad to see the bird limp. =(
You can see him/her nursing its leg. =(
The crow didn’t fly away like most do when [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2012 under behavior, captivity, conservation, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, crows, deformities, hurt crow, hurt raven, injured bird, Injured birds, injured corvid, Nestling.
Tags: abandonded bird, hurt bird, hurt crow, what to do with a injured crow
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Deformed beaks…a mystery
Birds’ beaks are made of keratin, similar to human fingernails and hair. Normally, beaks wear down with use, continuing to grow at the same time. There’s a balance. But something is causing this super-fast growth — and it doesn’t get turned off. There seems to be a concentration in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska but [...]
Posted: May 12th, 2009 under abnormalities, beak, bill, Crow, deformed beak, deformities.
Tags: abnormal bird beak, abnormal bird bill, abnormality in a bird's beak, beak deformities, bill deformity, bird beak deformity, bird bill deformities, deformed beaks, deformed bills, deformed birds, deformities in bird beaks, deformities in bird bills, deformities in birds, deformity in beaks, deformity in bird beaks, deformity in bird bills, deformity in birds, freak beak, freak bill, mishaped beaks, mishaped bills, mishapen beaks, mishapen bills, odd beak, odd bill, odd bird
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Corvid Abnormalities
Abnormalities can be found in all life forms–corvids included. Here are some interesting photos I found of corvids with two abnormalities deformed beaks and partial albino-ism–leucistic or albino corvids.
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Read about THE MYSTERY OF THE LONG-BEAK SYNDROME here. Or you can read Passerines with Deformed Bills by Julie A. Craves (an article) here.
There seems to be [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2009 under abnormalities, Albino, beak, bill, deformed beak, deformities, jackdaw, jackdaws, jays, Leucistic, Partially-albino, Raven, ravens, Stellar's Jay, Steller's Jay.
Tags: abnormal blue jay, abnormal crow, abnormal raven, abnormal Stellar's Jay, abnormal Steller's Jay, abnormalities in corvids, albino stellar's jay, albino stellars jays, Albino steller's jay, corvid abnormalities, crow abnormalities, Crow with deformed beak, deformed beaks, leucistic crow, leucistic jackdaw, leucistic magpie, partially albino crow, partially albino jackdaw, partially-albino magpie, raven abnormality, raven with deformed beak, raven with deformed bill, Stellar's Jay with deformed beak, Steller's Jay with deformed beak
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