Bird with a problem beak
Jul 1st, 2008 by Birdy Trish
I caught a glimpse of this bird on my garden fence and managed to quickly take a few photographs of it.
Has it got a beakfull of food?
Has it damaged it’s beak?
Has it got some food attached to its beak?
I can’t make it out. Help me!
Here is a clearer photograph
I myself think it has a surprised look in it’s eyes.
It looks at though something is wrong with it’s beak. But I just can’t make it out.
I don’t even know if it is a thrush or a female blackbird
I only saw this bird for a minute or two, then it disappeared into the hedge, never to be seen again.
Hi Trish,
Having studied your pics as closely as possible it looks to me like a juvenile Blackbird and I think you may be right that it’s beak is deformed. If that is the case, the fact that it has survived and developed successfully so far will hopefully mean it can live a normal life but let’s hope it never looks in a mirror! Thanks for Bird Table News I love reading it regularly and please don’t think when there is no feedback that no one is visiting I’m sure there are many like myself who generally read but don’t comment very often.
Love Jan