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I've been seeing this immature Red winged Blackbird for a few weeks now. At first I assumed it was a victim of some sort, as it has NO tail feathers, but as I said, it's been about 3 weeks or so and it doesn't seem to be growing "new" feathers at all. I'm wondering now if it's possible that it may be some sort of birth defect. All the other (at least 50) immatures have a full set of tail feathers, and if you look at the shot with 2 birds, (the subject bird is on the left) the other clearly has a tail section. As always, I will patiently wait for opinions from our esteemed panel of experts (Charlie and Mike B. excluded :) )
I've been seeing this immature Red winged Blackbird for a few weeks now. At first I assumed it was a victim of some sort, as it has NO tail feathers, but as I said, it's been about 3 weeks or so and it doesn't seem to be growing "new" feathers at all. I'm wondering now if it's possible that it may be some sort of birth defect. All the other (at least 50) immatures have a full set of tail feathers, and if you look at the shot with 2 birds, (the subject bird is on the left) the other clearly has a tail section. As always, I will patiently wait for opinions from our esteemed panel of experts (Charlie and Mike B. excluded :) )
Mike VanderStelt
P.S. Excuse the quality, as they were long shots directly toward the sun.
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