A few years ago, I caught a mountain Chickadee as part of a banding
operation with a similar bill configuration. upon close er examination,
it have a jaw injury that made his lower mandible off line with his
upper. I took a finger nail clippers and reformed it's bill. Its a
common practice with falconers.
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
On 2/23/2019 9:06 PM, [email protected] wrote:
If anyone who has seen any birds with deformed beaks, please report
the observation here:
https://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/landbirds/beak_deformity/observerreport.php
<https://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/landbirds/beak_deformity/observerreport.php>
On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 7:51:53 PM UTC-7,
[email protected] wrote:
I found this chickadee with deformed beak in my yard yesterday.
There may be even one more chickadee like this hanging out in my
yard because I got a brief look at one today with just extra long
beak and not twisted.
DSCN4127.JPG
According to some research, such birds carries a new form of virus
but scientists haven't established the causal relationship between
the virus and the deformed beak yet
(https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/twisted-beaks/
<https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/twisted-beaks/>).
Time to sterilize the feeders again *sigh*
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