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1-legged birds
- To: carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu
- Subject: 1-legged birds
- From: BirdFishrs@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:27:48 EDT
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I'm not surprised to hear about Bruce Krucke's one-legged bunting. While
banding in my backyard in Connecticut years ago I captured a one-legged,
black-capped chickadee. The leg was missing below the tibiotarsus at the
joint, and there was complete healing shown. The fascinating part was that I
recaptured the bird on several occasions over the next 5 years, and would see
it often at my bird feeder. Of course, I did not band it but its unique
injury made it more than easily identified.
Ed Hiestand
Hatteras Island Wildlife
Rodanthe, NC