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Today I took a few photos of a Dark-eyed Junco that was coming to our bird feeder. It had its left wing slightly higher than its right one as you can see below.
Junco with wing problem.
A while later, I saw it at the bird feeder and took the following photo.
What is wrong with the left side of this Junco? Some kind of unusual growth? A broken wing?
It was moving, but not as fast as the other Juncos. It was eating. There was no blood that I could see. If you know what the problem is, and how we can help this bird, please comment and tell me what I should do.
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Looks like some old injury, a cyst. It can make him tired. Sorry for the lovely fella.
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Thanks Inese. I’ve been looking for him but have not seen him again.
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Hope he had a good life.
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Poor bird. It looks to be some kind of growth, if the wing was broken, it would not be able to fly at all and come to the feeder. I would try to get in touch with a bird rescuer in the area and ask for advice.
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Thanks Tiny. Today, a week later, was the first chance I got to look out with a little bit of sunlight. The Junco was nowhere in sight, and it’s anybody’s guess as to what may have happened to it.
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Beautiful images..Oh I hope it was not a bad injury..poor birdie.. (So sorry, I am clueless about birds matters. As a matter of fact I learned their species from your blog).
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Thanks Indah. I don’t know much about birds either, especially those afflicted like this one.
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The poor thing- I hope it’s ok!
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Me too! Thanks Sukanya.
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Oh dear, the poor little guy 😦
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He did not seem to be in pain, just very subdued!
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Oh dear no idea what the problem is.
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Maybe someone here will tell us.
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Oh sorry to see this growth – cute little fellow.
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Sad story indeed.
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Hope the bird is not suffering too much!
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I saw no obvious suffering, although the bird was really slow, and mostly immobile near the bird feeder. On the other hand, Juncos migrate here, so it must have been able to fly here from many miles away, perhaps hundreds if not more.
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Good to know. 🙂
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I have no idea what the growth is, sorry.
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Thanks Jerry! Perhaps someone will figure it out.
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Poor little junco
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Poor bird! I’ll speak with our vet. I wonder if it’s a predator injury
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Great, thank you!
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