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#1 Joe63251

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Posted 06 May 2012 - 03:02 AM

I'm having a hard time telling what happened to this Red Headed Woodpecker. Either it is a tumor or the remnants of a branch impaled into its neck. I was able to get close with it watching me, so I think it was reluctant to fly. When I did get too close, it was fully able to fly.

Is there a doctor in the house?

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#2 spookyjimjams

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Posted 06 May 2012 - 03:14 PM

Well, it looks like it has pretty regular range of movement on the neck at least, and it's still eating. Weird looking though.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 11:09 PM

I saw a mourning dove the other..morning :lol: with something similar. It looked like a piece of a stick was protruding from its chest. I couldn't get close enough to see better. The dove didn't seem to be affected by it at all. Weird!




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