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Aphelocoma californica
This appears to be an immature bird with a beak deformity on the lower mandible. The bird has apparently figured out a way to live with it though, which is great.
Spotted on Sep 28, 2011
Submitted on Oct 4, 2011
6 Comments
Very interesting!
Maybe there should be a mission for deformities; I have a house sparrow spotting with a tail deformity.
Very interesting!
I thought I had hallucinations. Beautiful bird, great shot!
a beautiful bird! ...is incredible its power of adaptation...
my compliments, Dennis; as usual, a great capture!
Nice blue.