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Hawgnman 02-02-2007 04:19 PM

Can you id these feathers??
 
Are thesepoult feathers? Found them scouting with a some blood. I doubt the owner lived.


RDHunter 02-02-2007 04:29 PM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
Those are not turkey feathers , they might be wing feathers from a snow goose.

Mr. Longbeard 02-02-2007 06:11 PM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
Definetly not turkey feathers...

OntElk 02-02-2007 06:13 PM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
primary wing feathers of a snow goose was my guess. Just a guess but defintley not turkey as said.

Hawgnman 02-02-2007 07:31 PM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
They were found in a pine plantation, so I'm thinking maybe woodpecker, maybe pileated.

huntnma 02-03-2007 06:22 AM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
i saw the danged bird the other day and it lost the same looking feather and i can't remember what it was.........UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!
OMG, i was just on a birding fieldtrip, i should know this, lol......... IBIS, thats it....
Adult:

[ul][*]White body plumage with black tips to outer primaries [/ul]

Hawgnman 02-03-2007 04:06 PM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
Yes, I believe you are correct, it is an Ibis, see...
http://birding.about.com/od/birdsibis/ig/Ibis-Photos/White-Ibis-in-a-field---6.htm


huntnma 02-04-2007 05:12 PM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
cool........i had found one yrs. ago and i put in the work truck, never knowing what it was, then i was one of the leaders for this birding festival and i actually saw the feather fall form the bird, so i knew i just found out, lol.....

gamehunter1269 02-04-2007 06:35 PM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
goose feathers

Hawgnman 02-05-2007 07:21 AM

RE: Can you id these feathers??
 
I'm wavering on the id, maybe a pileated woodpecker, see...
http://www.fcps.edu/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/pileated_woodpecker.htm

[/align]See new phote with bill for size referrence.
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