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Addendum:\u00a0 I posted one of these photos on a nature phography forum and a veterinarian with many years of experience with falconry birds has stated unequivocally that this hawks condition occurred because it was\u00a0“kept jessed and tethered by someone who was totally ignorant of the necessity to keep the upper and lower bill trimmed to normal shape”.\u00a0\u00a0 Whatever the true cause of the deformity, it’s possible that an attempt\u00a0will be made (by a\u00a0qualified person) to trap this hawk so that its bill can be trimmed so it might have a chance at survival.\u00a0 If that occurrs, I’ll report back here.<\/p>\n
Addendum #2:\u00a0 Folks with the Falcon Research Group and HawkWatch International have determined that this bird does indeed have long-billed syndrome (sickle bill) and it cannot be saved because the condition destroys the bone that supports the lower mandible.\u00a0 Coping the bill would do no good and only severely stress the hawk.\u00a0\u00a0 Nature will be allowed to take its course.\u00a0 \u00a0A sad end…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning I found this Red-tailed Hawk on a telephone pole near Grantsville, Utah.\u00a0 As\u00a0soon as I looked at it through my lens\u00a0I knew that something was wrong with the birds beak.\u00a0 A bit of research\u00a0almost immediately turned up the probable culprit – Long-billed Hawk Syndrome.\u00a0 Birds with this condition have atypical uncontrolled growth of either or both upper and lower bills.\u00a0\u00a0Birds affected often have secondary infections in their bills.\u00a0 Since their bills are used for activities such as eating, preening,\u00a0killing prey and feeding offspring the syndrome is extremely serious.\u00a0 Most birds with this condition die of starvation.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The\u00a0syndrome gets its name because most affected birds have been Red-tailed Hawks, though other species of raptors get the condition also, including Peregrine Falcons and Rough-legged Hawks.\u00a0 The first case of LBH Syndrome was reported in Washington state in\u00a01997 and reports have been increasing since. \u00a0 This is what a normal Red-tailed Hawk’s bill looks like – quite a dramatic and obvious contrast to the diseased one.\u00a0 The cause of this condition is unknown, though research is ongoing. A sad situation for this poor bird. More info here. Ron Addendum:\u00a0 I posted one of these photos on a nature phography forum and a veterinarian with many years of experience with falconry birds has stated unequivocally that this hawks condition occurred because it was\u00a0“kept jessed and tethered by someone who was totally ignorant of the necessity to keep the upper and lower bill trimmed to normal shape”.\u00a0\u00a0 Whatever the true cause of the deformity, it’s…<\/p>\n
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