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The old Lady feeding rotine,today was rice,better than bread,she is in the line of Audubon society feed instructions for the month:-) The pigeon se in the last photo as a leg's malformation,in last times i observed several adult pigeons whith legs deformations,it must be common in city feral pigeons,i'll trie to spott more of these malformations
Spotted on Mar 1, 2012
Submitted on Mar 1, 2012
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Emma,MaryRosales,i spott today 3 pigeons whith deformatys in the legs that i'll up load in a few minutes,it's a desis,or a genetic malformation,it's spreat allover the city,i spotted in tree diferent places,distant from each other more or less 2 km,diferents groups of pigeons.
I always pick up plastic and nettings when i see them and throw them in the garbage.
A finch had got caught up on the lawn net and it was struggling for a long time to get out. I am sure if I had not seen it in time it probably would have a deformity on its foot. Fortunately I decided not to cut the net of like my neighbors suggested. And once again thnx to the Lindsay Wildlife museum for taking care of it.
Could be, because i saw at list one whith some string in the feet claws,i'll be more atention,to figure out what hapen,thanks both for the interest
Could be.
perhaps they were caught by a fish hook; this happens at many of the lakes nearby
interesting .Must be a reason so many of the pigeons have these malformations.