Beak deformity (Alcedo atthis)

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  bievreJJ

• Sep 8, 2023

my goodness, the poor thing, that must be quite an handicap to catch fish, many tfs!!

 

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  jbpixels

• Sep 8, 2023

bievreJJ said:

my goodness, the poor thing, that must be quite an handicap to catch fish, many tfs!!

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He looks in good health and survived up to now. Catching fish is already a challenge and I fully agree with you. It truly looks like an additional burden to this lovely bird.

 

Last edited: Sep 8, 2023

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  Kits

• Sep 8, 2023

What a handicap for him, but good to know he’s doing okay, JB.

 

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  Donald Talbott

• Sep 8, 2023

Oh poor thing JB, I think it should be ok with its deformed bill. Well done getting the video. Tfs.

 

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  peterday

• Sep 9, 2023

What an unusual sighting, thanks for sharing JB!

 

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  Stanley Jones

• Sep 9, 2023

It is amazing at how birds adapt to their deformities. Great find and video JB! TFS!

 

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  Sue and Simon Wakely

• Sep 9, 2023

Poor Kingfisher JB, Sounds Like Its Doing OK, Brilliant Video Showing Its Problem Perfect Well Done Tfs!!!!!!
All The Best
Sue & Simon,

 

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  Macswede

• Sep 9, 2023

Poor bird! It looks healthy though so it must manage to catch fish.

 

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  sbarnhardt

• Sep 11, 2023

Thanks for sharing this video. I've tagged it with a video tag so it will show up on the video search that's already present in the article in Opus.