Crazy Pileated Bills
Someone posted photos on MnBird of a female pileated woodpecker at the Minnesota Zoo. Check out her bill in this photo and this photo--it's crazy long! I wonder if it's a result of the bill not being worn down enough in captivity or if it's part of the larger bird bill deformity problem?
Here is a link to a photo I took of a female pileated--note how much shorter her bill is compare to the bird in the zoo.
Speaking of pileateds, here is a video I got of Mr. Neil's pileated eating cashew suet:
Here is a link to a photo I took of a female pileated--note how much shorter her bill is compare to the bird in the zoo.
Speaking of pileateds, here is a video I got of Mr. Neil's pileated eating cashew suet:
Labels: deformed bills, digivideo
posted by birdchick at 11:28 AM
1 Comments:
Wow-- Mr. Neil gets fantastic bird-chorus action around his house, doesn't he? I could listen to that all day. It reminds me so much of the sort of birdsong I grew up with (which was in Northeast Ohio). You don't really get as much variety or constancy of sound like that where I'm living now, unless you drive out to one of the hiking trails; I really miss being able to just go out into my back yard and hear it.
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