{"id":36063,"date":"2015-12-23T07:17:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T14:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=36063"},"modified":"2015-12-23T09:23:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T16:23:45","slug":"cinnamon-teal-with-a-strange-feather-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/cinnamon-teal-with-a-strange-feather-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinnamon Teal With A Strange Feather Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, curiosity finally dictated that I post some images of this duck. Does anyone know what’s going on here?<\/p>\n

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1\/640, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I photographed this male Cinnamon Teal 10 days ago at Farmington Bay WMA as he groomed against the far bank of the 4-way pond. As soon as I trained my lens on him I noticed that\u00a0very unusual looking right wing. It appears that\u00a0all that is left of the primary flight feathers there is\u00a0stubs of the quills and shafts – the vanes (including barbs, barbules and hooks)\u00a0of those feathers are not present, not even any remnants of them.<\/p>\n

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1\/800, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is what the wing looks like when it’s held in a near-normal resting position. Sorry about the softness of the image but it’s the only one I have with the wing in this position.<\/p>\n

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1\/640, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bird was grooming for\u00a0most of the time I was photographing him and he spent much of his time\u00a0working over\u00a0that right wing. Perhaps its own (abnormal?) grooming activities caused this condition. I’ve also considered feather mites or lice but to my untrained eye this looks like something very\u00a0different.<\/p>\n

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A huge crop of the previous image shows the quills all the way down to their insertion into the skin but it still gives me no clue as to what’s going on, though the activity of the duck with the tip of one damaged shaft in its bill makes me wonder if that activity could be responsible for the condition. On the other hand the bird may be preening in response<\/em> to the condition rather than causing it.<\/p>\n

My readers range from bird lovers with a lot of expertise, to rehabbers, to folks with significant scientific background to very knowledgeable birders so I’m hoping that someone out there might be able to provide at least an educated guess as to the cause of this condition.<\/p>\n

I just hope I haven’t missed something simple, routine\u00a0and\/or obvious…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

PS – Sorry about the tardy post this morning. Bluehost was down so I couldn’t publish. “Technical difficulties” are a pain in the butt, though I suppose they come with the territory…<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ok, curiosity finally dictated that I post some images of this duck. Does anyone know what’s going on here?<\/p>\n

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