bill deformity

Adult Brown Thrasher With A Slight Bill Deformity

By Mia McPherson|September 20th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Brown Thrashers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, AKD, Arkansas, Avian Keratin Disorder, bill deformity, Brown Thrasher, foraging, garden, grass, inset, mimids, Sebastian County, summer, thrasher, thrashers, Toxostoma rufum, urban, yard|

I was excited when an adult Brown Thrasher showed up yesterday and began moving toward me. I was already zoomed back a bit for the first few photos of the bird.

Red-tailed Hawk with Long-billed syndrome

By Mia McPherson|November 6th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: beak deformity, bill deformity, Buteo jamaicensis, coped, coping, Long bill syndrome, long-billed syndrome, nature, Red-tailed Hawk|

Red-tailed Hawk with Long-billed syndrome, a perfect example of the sickle-bill form (the worst) all the way over in Utah and the first I am aware of for that state.