Dove with an Odd bill...?

curious kat

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Saw this Dove a couple of times and was wondering why his bill looks so different, any ideas? :icon_scratch:

This was the first time I noticed the bill...it's the one on the right... FSCN8092.JPG

Second time (might be a different dove ?).....looks kind of like a duck here... FSCN0398.JPG ...odd?

Will end with a favorite wild sunflower... FSCN8043.JPG & sunset.. FSCN0892.JPG :)
 

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Sure is different. Maybe it's mother was a duck???
 

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It looks to me like feather loss. We had a cardinal here that was bald on top of it's head. It was something to see with bright red plumage and a white skull cap!
 

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It looks to me like feather loss. We had a cardinal here that was bald on top of it's head. It was something to see with bright red plumage and a white skull cap!
Sure! that's it. I can see that. Well he still found a girl with his goofy lookin beak.
 

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Yeah...think you guys are right about the "feather loss"...would have like to see a picture of that cardinal fyrffytr1, must have been a sight!

tamrock...yes, at least he/she found a mate :love8: looking like that...guess it's beautiful on the inside.:thumbsup:
 

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Nice pic. We have millions of doves here, all species and I have never seen that. Good eye...
 

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Great pictures, Kat. I really enjoy all of the pictures everyone is posting.
 

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It could be the once thought extinct DD or now rare Duck Dove. But feather lost does make more sense.... :dontknow: (I need to go fix breakfast... now)
 

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Thanks guys...and funny Limitool :thumbsup:...hope the breakfast was good. ;)
 

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