My wife reminded me that our resident magpie with broken top mandible also
has a club foot, circumstantial evidence for deficiency in diet, although
of course the two may be unrelated. Bird is healthy.
Gaz
On 24 February 2012 23:04, Moors <> wrote:
> Many years ago there was a rejected young magpie which we supplemented
> with minced beef. We noticed that as a 'teenager', it had protracted
> tussles with other magpies the same age. One evening it appeared with
> half of its upper mandible missing. For a few days it ate awkwardly
> until it was used to the new shape then we noticed it was able to pick
> up insects by holding its head sideways on the ground. Very soon it was
> good at spearing some meat with the lower mandible and tossing it into
> the air and catching the food. After a while it only came to us
> occasionally and finally disappeared about 18 months later.
>
> Glenise Moors
> Sedgwick
>
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