Yes, looks very like beak and feather disease. Does he come to your feeding
station often?
He needs to be caught and removed from the population as he is unwittingly
spreading the disease.
Cheers,
Marg
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On 03/06/2011, at 17:38, "Philip Veerman" <> wrote:
> Almost certainly it has got beak and feather disease. A viral disease
> and it has little, if any, prospects for survival. By the look of it, it
> appears strange that it can eat at all.
>
> Philip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Compston
> Sent: Friday, 3 June 2011 5:00 PM
> To: Canberra Birds
> Subject: [canberrabirds] sick gang gang
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>
> I am very unhappy about the health of this gang gang. My photo cannot
> be compared with Geoffrey and others. The bill looked worse from the
> front, and I was unable to get a good photo Elizabeth
>
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