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Hi,

Yesterday, I took some images of a strange looking adult CG at the dump near Debrecen, Hungary.

First the darkish mask (it was present on the other side too) grabbed my attention, then I saw that it was limping too and also the nice pattern of P10 on both sides. Later on I noticed that P10 in the left wing was way shorter than normal (still growing or just plain shorter due to some sickness?).
Any idea what causes these things? Are these (leg problem, short/growing primary, strange mask) features are connected with each other?

Thanks for any comment!

Cheers,

Gabor

Hi Gabor,
the black spots around the eye are actually head lice (i.e. parasites), so yes, this bird has some problems...

adriaens wrote:Hi Gabor,
the black spots around the eye are actually head lice (i.e. parasites), so yes, this bird has some problems...

Hi Adrieans,

Thanks, that explains a lot:)

Cheers,

Gabor