Subject: Olympia birds, Sunday
Date: May 17 09:52:05 1999
From: Michael Dossett - phainopepla at yahoo.com


Hi,

This is kind of interesting...I never thought of taillessness being
genetic. Does anyone else have similar experiences? The only tailless
birds I have seen either grew their tails back, or raised normal
young...I always assumed it was because they had a run in with a
predator.

I suppose there can always be more than one cause though.

Michael Dossett
Bothell
phainopepla at yahoo.com


--- S&C Richardson <salix at halcyon.com> wrote:
> Sunday morning walk along Capitol Lake in Olympia...
> Pacific-slope
> Flycatcher; Western Tanager; Warbling Vireo;
> Wilson's, Orange-crowned,
> Yellow, and Black-throated Gray Warblers; Common
> Yellowthroat. No
> Black-headed Grosbeak. Possible Swainson's Thrush.
>
> Watched an adult Song Sparrow, tailless and with one
> contorted foot, feeding
> two fledged young, also tailless but with
> fully-functional feet.
>
> Three, possibly four, Belted Kingfishers.
> Adult Bald Eagle on its customary perch above the
> 4th Avenue bridge.
> Several hundred runners in the Capitol City
> Marathon.
>
> Scott Richardson
> Olympia, Washington
> salix at halcyon.com
>
>

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