atypical physical difference (injury, gall, tumour/growth, witches' broom, fasciation)

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Observations specifying this field

Observation Injury/Anomaly

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What

Common Gull (Larus canus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 30, 2024

Description

Possibly stained by mobbing fieldfares. Constantly did some fieldfare like moving in short sequences, like imitating.

dirt

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What

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 28, 2024

Description

Stayed here observing for longer than usually as I was afraid the active nestling will prematurely fall. Wondering what's wrong with parents left eye - could eager juvenile feeding have caused it? There was nothing similar noticed three days earlier. Also, maybe female tries to stay as far as possible to avoid hurt (or just leaves the room for juvenile)?

eye injury

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What

Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Observer

rickpat

Date

May 10, 2022 11:13 PM EDT

Description

Raccoon with scar

Scar on face

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What

Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

Observer

slugcycles

Date

May 2024

Description

Missing a chunk of its left ear.

Missing a chunk of its left ear

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What

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 23, 2024

Description

Wing seems firm but not yet in full flight condition. Did climb to shrub, singing, alarming crow, and eventually flew 20 m starting from 1.5 m high. 1/2

EDIT: Suspected nesting terminated already. There was no visits to nest or gathering food.

EDIT2: There's notable white/bald spot above left eye that wasn't there yesterday, possibly related to events around nesting?

wing injury

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What

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 21, 2024
wing injury

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What

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 25, 2024

Description

Wing injured male (left) was flying again, not perfectly, flying was still little "ineffective", but did full flight to other park across the street and later back, and generally moved normally flying shorter flights too. Unfortunately its' nesting terminated recent days, suspected crow provocating disturbance caused by park maintenance.

EDIT: There's notable white/bald spot above left eye, first time noticed two days ago, possibly related to events around nesting?

wing injury

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What

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 22, 2024

Description

Returning to nest direction after park maintenance. 3/3

wing injury

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What

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 22, 2024

Description

Male foraging food. Evading during park maintenance at nearby park leaving nest empty. Minor wing injury hopefully heals. Capable of feeding offsprings. 2/3

wing injury

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What

White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 21, 2024

Description

Stub left foot, walking, but slightly finch like half-hopping. At street by the park.

foot injury

Photos / Sounds

What

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 20, 2024

Description

Some sort of wing injury. Capable of gathering food and feeding young. Monitored.

wing injury

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What

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 19, 2024

Description

Missing crown feathers.

Little far from earlier observations so I'm unsure if this is same individual seen before.

missing feathers

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What

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 16, 2024

Description

Only occasionally stepped on left foot but I couldn't see anything externally wrong.

foot injury

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naelin

Date

May 14, 2024 12:34 PM -03
Missing a leg

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What

Spruce Cone Bug (Gastrodes abietum)

Observer

bogao

Date

May 14, 2024 05:39 PM EEST
severed antenna

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What

Grey Birch Moth (Aethalura punctulata)

Observer

quercetum

Date

May 2024
severed antenna

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What

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 11, 2024
missing feathers

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What

Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 10, 2024

Description

Cross-billed blue tit has behaved a bit awkwardly last days, but I hope it's still ok. Was later normally pecking the peanut.

beak

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What

Eurasian Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 9, 2024
missing feathers

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What

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 9, 2024
wing injury

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What

Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Observer

mathisb21

Date

May 7, 2024 05:45 PM EDT
missing tail

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What

Domestic Greylag Goose (Anser anser var. domesticus)

Observer

enriqueortuzar

Date

March 6, 2023 02:51 PM -03
Fly feathers pointing at abnormal angles

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What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

April 19, 2024

Description

Trapped in display window, presumably dead.

Tags

trapped

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What

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

April 19, 2024
foot injury

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What

Great Tit (Parus major)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

April 19, 2024
beak

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What

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

April 19, 2024
uncertain

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What

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

April 19, 2024

Description

I saw this individual, both time while woodpecker was on same suet feeder. I haven't seen woodpecker since, and neither this tree sparrow.

uncertain

Photos / Sounds

What

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Observer

kaupunkilinnut

Date

May 7, 2024
missing feathers

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What

Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)

Observer

ghostomelon

Date

May 2, 2024 10:04 AM EDT

Description

Nearby flowers all had 5 petals.

atypical number of petals

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Observer

ghostomelon

Date

April 21, 2024 02:53 PM EDT

Description

Fasciation.

fasciation
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Comments

Posted by tony_wills about 8 years ago

Yes. I wonder if it would be best if this field focused on injury and the other on developmental deformities and abnormalities.

Posted by jon_sullivan about 8 years ago

I was thinking of merging the two, but instead decided to try and use the two for the different aspects (perhaps a little strained as some deformities might be caused by an earlier infection or injury). Perhaps we don't need 'Anomaly' as part of the field name here anymore.

Posted by tony_wills about 8 years ago

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