Our next trip was to Petworth Park, where we found a lake of birds. Canada geese, Greylag geese - old and young - were hanging out for us to spot.
As well as geese, we found a trio of swans on the other lake - but I did not trust the zoom feature and preferred to take a clear rather than close shot.
Back home, and I have recently been visited by a Pidge with a deformed beak.
I am not sure if it is from injury - possibly by greedy and rough offspring, attack, or a birth defect of a youngster. It appears to have either chipped off half its top beak, or to have been born with a smaller upper beak than lower. The top beak bit slips to one side, making it a crossbilled pigeon!
I took a few photos, attempting to get a good shot of the damaged beak, without success. It appears the Pidge wants to hide it...
You may just be able to spot it in that last photo. Finally, it dozed on the tree outside my bedroom window - after having had a feast on the sill of wild bird seed and suet pellet.
Liz and I took her grandaughter Megan to Arundel in August, and as we made our way from cafe to WWT reserve, we passed the stream with clear water. Today it housed a mute swan with 3 cygnets.
HERE is the link to a birds of prey ID guide
Poor Pidge. At least his broken beak doesn't appear to interfere with his eating.
ReplyDeleteno, thankfully it seems to be a disfigurement rather than a disablement....
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