Hi All:

Several years back, when I lived in the east Greenlake neighborhood, I often
saw a crow with legs and feet that looked like what Henry describes in his
post. However, this bird seemed to be a loner, and on several occasions I
saw other crows acting agressively toward it - ganging up on it and pushing
it into a corner (once on my porch). Eventually it disappeared from the
neighborhood.
I have always wondered what was wrong with it - some type of fungus or ???
Has anyone else seen this in crows?

Ruth Taylor
Seattle/Ballard
rutht at seanet.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Henry Noble <hjnoble at igc.org>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, May 23, 2005 12:37 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Sick crow, north of UW


>Hi tweeters,
>
>Among the many birds frequenting our feeders are a pair
>of crows that share peanuts with the squirrels. One of the
>crows has been hobbling aboutfavoring itsright foot. On
>observation from ten feet, it looks OK, except that both legs
>and feet look like they're covered with a light-colored scale.
>It's not banded.
>
>The bird often sits high in a snag being groomed by its partner.
>
>Anything to be done about this?
>
>Henry Noble
>1903 NE 82nd St
>
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