Comments on: I Dub Thee “Stumpy” http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-dub-thee-stumpy/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:57:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: elanus http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-dub-thee-stumpy/#comment-15 elanus Sun, 06 May 2007 21:09:39 +0000 http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-hereby-dub-thee-stumpy/#comment-15 Yeah, I was just looking at those. Very nifty. Thanks! Yeah, I was just looking at those. Very nifty. Thanks!

]]> By: morgan http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-dub-thee-stumpy/#comment-14 morgan Sun, 06 May 2007 21:06:46 +0000 http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-hereby-dub-thee-stumpy/#comment-14 http://cone.berkeley.edu/images/observations/metabarb_1177375847.jpg?1177375847 From what I can tell, this bird has been around since at least April 23rd (see above link) where he (she?) was photographed extensively. I took a few photos of a scrub jay on April 21st (during beta-testing) that may be of the bird, but it's not entirely clear. http://cone.berkeley.edu/images/observations/metabarb_1177375847.jpg?1177375847

From what I can tell, this bird has been around since at least April 23rd (see above link) where he (she?) was photographed extensively. I took a few photos of a scrub jay on April 21st (during beta-testing) that may be of the bird, but it’s not entirely clear.

]]> By: elanus http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-dub-thee-stumpy/#comment-12 elanus Sun, 06 May 2007 20:57:42 +0000 http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-hereby-dub-thee-stumpy/#comment-12 Oh, cool. I was thinking about going back through the archive of Scrub Jay images and seeing if that bird had been photographed previously. I'll definitely do that, too, and see what's in there. Oh, cool. I was thinking about going back through the archive of Scrub Jay images and seeing if that bird had been photographed previously. I’ll definitely do that, too, and see what’s in there.

]]> By: morgan http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-dub-thee-stumpy/#comment-11 morgan Sun, 06 May 2007 20:30:02 +0000 http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/06/i-hereby-dub-thee-stumpy/#comment-11 Hey - I actually noticed "Stumpy" about a week ago, when I and others snapped a bunch of photos of him. I can't remember the actual date, but I'll see if I can track them down. As for what happened, it doesn't appear to be a problem of not growing in the feathers -- it really appears (and the above photo shows it well) that the bird has had a close call. Maybe a cat made a swap at it, but my guess is the tail got caught in something and the bird was able to free itself only by sacrificing most of its retrices. In the above photo, you can actually see the the shaft of at least one retrice, and it appears to be "cut" about an inch down. Hey - I actually noticed “Stumpy” about a week ago, when I and others snapped a bunch of photos of him. I can’t remember the actual date, but I’ll see if I can track them down. As for what happened, it doesn’t appear to be a problem of not growing in the feathers — it really appears (and the above photo shows it well) that the bird has had a close call. Maybe a cat made a swap at it, but my guess is the tail got caught in something and the bird was able to free itself only by sacrificing most of its retrices. In the above photo, you can actually see the the shaft of at least one retrice, and it appears to be “cut” about an inch down.

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