[mou] Re: [mnbird] that deformed robin
Sharon Stiteler
birdchick@gmail.com
Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:21:53 -0600
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Bill deformities have been a concern for the last few years. Here's
a database of birds birds documented with deformed bills:
http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/bills.html
I first heard about it when I posted photos of a peregrine with a
deformed bill that came into a Duluth banding station in 2004:
http://www.birdchick.com/2004/10/forgot-one-photo.html
I posted a photo of the bird and found out that Bud Anderson has been
tracking raptors with deformed bills. According to his research the
birds originated from Alaska and more started to be discovered along
the western migration route. From there, more raptors were being
documented in the east. There's lots of speculation as to what is
causing it from funguses to viruses to poisoning.
I found red-winged blackbirds with elongated bills in Nebraska in
March this year:
http://www.birdchick.com/2006/03/to-pack-or-not-to-pack.html
Bud gave a powerpoint presentation about it and gave me permission to
use it to spread the word if anyone would like me to give it.
Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN
On Nov 14, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Laura Erickson wrote:
> By the way, it was Bill Bruins whose sharp eyes first detected the
> decurved bill on the robin. It's so important to pay attention to the
> details on even common birds, but we often just stop looking after
> a quick
> ID.
>
> Laura Erickson
> Duluth, MN
>
> www.birderblog.com
>
> There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds.
> There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of
> nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after
> the
> winter.
>
> --Rachel Carson
>
>
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deformities have been a concern for the last few years.=A0 Here's a =
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href=3D"http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/bills.html">http://www.u=
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I posted photos of a peregrine with a deformed bill that came into a =
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class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I posted a photo of the =
bird and found out that Bud Anderson has been tracking raptors with =
deformed bills.=A0=A0According to his research the birds originated from =
Alaska and more started to be discovered along the western migration =
route.=A0 =46rom there, more raptors were being documented in the east.=A0=
There's lots of speculation as to what is causing it from funguses to =
viruses to poisoning.=A0=A0</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I found red-winged =
blackbirds with elongated bills in Nebraska in March this =
year:</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A =
href=3D"http://www.birdchick.com/2006/03/to-pack-or-not-to-pack.html">http=
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class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Bud gave a powerpoint =
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MN</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR =
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robin.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>It's so important =
to pay attention to the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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