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Plucked magpie

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Bilberry · 01/06/2015 17:40

We have two magpies in our garden, been around a few weeks. One of them looks plucked! It has no feathers on its breast and only a few on it's legs. I was also wondering if it has a full compliment of tail feathers. It was just doing a lot of insistent chirping at its mate but hadn't noticed that before.

Any ideas why?

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GerundTheBehemoth · 23/06/2015 07:00

It may have a bad case of feather mites, or it may have been caught and partly plucked by a predator but managed to escape (female sparrowhawks will take on magpies).

Aramynta · 23/06/2015 09:13

Oh dear. Can it fly OK?

YonicScrewdriver · 24/06/2015 23:00

Poor magpie

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