Another bird with a deformed bill (Mead, Weld, CO)

[Adrian Lakin]

Hi,

I just had a Red-winged Blackbird at my feeders with an incredibly long upper bill. It was feeding OK, so it must not be impacting it too much. It must be the season for deformed bills what with the Pine Warbler at Chatfield a couple months ago.

Here's a couple pictures...

Adrian Lakin,

Mead, CO

[Jenny Shelton]

Adrian, 

I’m so glad you posted this! I had one at the neighborhood feeders near Jackson Lake SP last week and thought I was losing my mind for a minute! This one also seemed to be eating just fine .

Jenny

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On Feb 13, 2021, at 11:20 AM, Adrian Lakin <adrian...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I just had a Red-winged Blackbird at my feeders with an incredibly long upper bill. It was feeding OK, so it must not be impacting it too much. It must be the season for deformed bills what with the Pine Warbler at Chatfield a couple months ago.

Here's a couple pictures...

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Adrian Lakin,

Mead, CO

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[Curtis Frankenfeld]

I had a Pygmy Nuthatch with a similar bill deformity late last year.  In doing a little research, I came across an article in All About Birds discussing bill deformities.  

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ive-seen-a-bird-with-an-overgrown-or-otherwise-deformed-bill-what-is-wrong-with-it/

At the bottom of the article, there is a site to report birds with these deformities.   It takes a few minutes and there its a method to provide photos of your bird.  

Curt

On Feb 13, 2021, at 11:20 AM, Adrian Lakin <adrian...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I just had a Red-winged Blackbird at my feeders with an incredibly long upper bill. It was feeding OK, so it must not be impacting it too much. It must be the season for deformed bills what with the Pine Warbler at Chatfield a couple months ago.

Here's a couple pictures...

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Adrian Lakin,

Mead, CO

[jay...@gmail.com]

Thanks for posting the article link.  We had a Northern Flicker visit us for 3-4 years around 2012-2015 that had a deformity.  He seemed to manage ok, even it if was a little depressing to hear his unanswered mating calls in the spring.

Jay Hutchins

Longmont