canberrabirds

crestless pigeon

To: "roger curnow" <>, "COG" <>
Subject: crestless pigeon
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:13:23 +1000
Hi Roger,
 
This may be an obviously dopey answer but how about that it has just moulted those few feathers. All birds moult their feathers each year (I wonder if some go on a longer time scale), some twice a year.
 
Philip
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