I have put some photos of the male heron's feet, showing his missing right hallux at http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2010.
I put up one from last year that shows the same injury. When I looked through this year's first photos I was a little surprised to see the first male to be displaying on the tree in early March was NOT this individual, but one with all his toes. No wonder there was so much scuffling the first week. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
