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Northern Cardinal female
Posted by LowellS
On 13 April 2009
Northern Cardinal female
  • Aperture Value: F5.6
  • Date/Time Original: 1/28/2009 12:03:37 PM
  • Exposure Time: 1/50 sec
  • Flash: Flash did not fire
  • Focal Length: 300.0 mm
  • Model: NIKON D80
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Don't know if this meets the criteria for a deformed beak but, I'll run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes. It was taken near my backyard feeder during the Great Backyard Bird Count. I had never seen a beak like this before. It probably is just broken.
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Chuck Hagner said:

I think you're correct, Lowell: It looks like this female somehow managed to break off the tip of her upper mandible. She's still a pretty bird, though! Thanks for sharing it with us!

10:32 AM on April 14, 2009
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The Atypical Birds Gallery features photographs of birds with albinism, melanism, leucism, erythrism, schizochroism, or other plumage abnormalities, as well as birds with structural malformations, such as beak deformities. Digiscoped images welcome!

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