This week I was surprised to see a STW – female, without a tail. I seemed to fly and perch quite easily so no harm apparently to be without a tail. Any ideas
about this?
Jean
From: Philip Veerman [
Sent: Sunday, 31 May 2015 8:42 PM
To: 'kym bradley';
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Crow Raven what ever you wish to call them no tail
Usually most birds moult adjacent feathers in a specific sequence (except some like various ducks and penguins that moult all in one go). This would be an Aust
Raven and it has lost all its tail feathers at the same time. Quite unusual. It is not necessarily the same bird in both years (unless you know it to be the same bird).
Philip
From: kym bradley
Sent: Sunday, 31 May 2015 8:06 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Crow Raven what ever you wish to call them no tail
this is the second year I have seen this one with no tail amazes me how it manages
