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CatmanPosted - Jun 15 2012 : 04:24:10 PM
If you think you have to rescue a bird, please make sure it is not a fledgling(learning to fly)!! If you have to catch a bird that you think is injured or sick, please look at the wings and make sure they(the wings) are not shafted.Here is a photo of a crow that was dropped of at my vets office (while they were closed ) that didn't need to be rescued.The wings are shafted (red circle) and this crow was not injured,it was just learning how to fly.
If there is no obvious injury or immediate danger, PLEASE leave them alone and just watch them.
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Omis n Kais g-ma Posted - Jun 15 2012 : 09:31:28 PM
Scott, it's just an immature feather that supplies blood to the shaft. So, we're both right.
quote:Originally posted by Catman
Lisa, what do they call it when they have blood feathers/pin feathers? We call them shafted,is that the wrong word?
hypnotist321 Posted - Jun 15 2012 : 09:15:30 PM
Poor baby - he's not ugly at all. He's a beaut! LOL - now we know where the expression "shafted" comes from. lol
Catman Posted - Jun 15 2012 : 05:49:47 PM
Lisa, what do they call it when they have blood feathers/pin feathers? We call them shafted,is that the wrong word?
Catman Posted - Jun 15 2012 : 05:07:04 PM
Awww it's a crow, they aren't ugly.
Omis n Kais g-ma Posted - Jun 15 2012 : 04:58:18 PM
Those are blood feathers Scott. Ugly looking bird!
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) that didn't need to be rescued.The wings are shafted (red circle) and this crow was not injured,it was just learning how to fly. 
