I saw a young Stellar's jay like this for quite a while at my feeder last spring; we called him Crooked Beak because it just kept growing longer. We wondered if he'd be able to survive? After a few months his beak seemed shorter for while, then it became almost normal. I haven't seen him this year yet.

Kerri W. Scarbrough, O.D.
Woodinville, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: Lydia Bishop
To: meganlyden at msn.com
Cc: TWEETERS at u.washington.edu
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 1:38 PM
Subject: RE: crow with bill deformity


Where are you located? Does this crow have any leg bands? About a year or so ago I spotted one with a deformed bill and leg bands in Lynnwood. It was one of "Dr. Crow's" banded birds. (I don't recall his name!) He recalled catching that particular bird on the UW campus about a year before I spied it.



LYDIA BISHOP

Everett, WA



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-----Original Message-----
From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Megan Lyden
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 1:17 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: crow with bill deformity



Hello Tweeters,



Our back yard feeder is visited daily by a few crows. Today, we noticed one with an excessivly long upper bill, we are guessing 3/4 of an inch; it was so overgrown that it appeared to cross the lower bill of the crow. I know Bud Anderson and members of the Falcon Research Group have noted a condition like this in Red-tailed Hawks and a few other species of raptors. Has anyone else seen this?



Megan L