Hi all,
Our local magpies had chicks this year and one of the juveniles came in to try t swipe some dog food from the bowl at our place (Como on the Woronora River, Southern Sydney)
I could see it had something wrong with its eyes so went to get binoculars and say a pretty horrible sight.
It’s right eye had about 5 warty-looking growths around the margins, on the eye lids I think.
The left eye was completely covered with these growths, so that I could not even see it’s eye.
I don’t think it would have been possible to see out of that eye.
Didn’t seem to affect its binocular vision too much: it had no apparent trouble perching on our gate and then on a tree branch as it flew off once the dog came on the scene.
Anyone seen this sort of thing before? Any idea what it may be?
Paul.
