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Old 02-02-2007, 04:19 PM
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Are thesepoult feathers? Found them scouting with a some blood. I doubt the owner lived.

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Old 02-02-2007, 04:29 PM
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Those are not turkey feathers , they might be wing feathers from a snow goose.
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Old 02-02-2007, 06:11 PM
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Definetly not turkey feathers...
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Old 02-02-2007, 06:13 PM
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primary wing feathers of a snow goose was my guess. Just a guess but defintley not turkey as said.
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Old 02-02-2007, 07:31 PM
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They were found in a pine plantation, so I'm thinking maybe woodpecker, maybe pileated.
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Old 02-03-2007, 06:22 AM
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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....
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[ul][*]White body plumage with black tips to outer primaries [/ul]
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Old 02-03-2007, 04:06 PM
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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

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Old 02-04-2007, 05:12 PM
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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.....
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Old 02-04-2007, 06:35 PM
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goose feathers
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Old 02-05-2007, 07:21 AM
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I'm wavering on the id, maybe a pileated woodpecker, see...
http://www.fcps.edu/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/pileated_woodpecker.htm

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