Hi All-- Recently I banded a deformed Yellow-rumped Warbler. It had no toes on one foot, and was missing the back toe on the other. I have no idea how this bird perched. A photo is on my blog:
http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com I have seen birds missing a toe, either to frostbite or avian pox, but this appears to be different. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika [email protected] ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

