Subject: [Tweeters] FW: Nuthatch bill deformity (AK)
Date: May 6 17:54:05 2006
From: vogelfreund at comcast.net - vogelfreund at comcast.net


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5/6/06

Since I am hardly an expert on this subject, I'll pass it on to the Tweeters membership:

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA
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From: "Patricia D. Brent" <pdbrent at mtaonline.net>
To: <vogelfreund at comcast.net>
Subject: Nuthatch bill deformity
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 18:36:02 +0000
> Hi. I live just northwest of Anchorage, Alaska and have had a female nuthatch
> at my feeders with bill as long as a hummingbird's. The bill has a downward
> curve and actually comes together instead of the typical crossbill seen in a lot
> of the deformities. She appears to be doing well eating and drinking, but is
> quite a sight. The bill appears to be about 1.5 to 2 inches long. I haven't
> been able to get a picture, because she won't perch long enough.
>
> By the way, we see lots of bill deformities up here in Alaska. It must be due
> to an environmental contaminant/genetic mutation.
>
> Thanks, Patti Brent



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