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Deformed House Finch

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Posted by bill meikle on October 15, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Deformed House Finch
Has anyone seen this kind of thing before? A house finch with three orange growths? on his left leg. Sad.
Posted by Ron Dudley on October 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Bill, Looks to me like it could be avian pox. Below is a link to a discussion we had on this in the past. The fact that it's a finch and that the growths are on exposed areas point that way for me. I often see some of this in finches and doves in the fall especially.

http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=22448&CGISESSID=39a73138baf25409fe3f4ebd9d8140c3&u=17646
Posted by bill meikle on October 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Thanks Ron, I did see a small bird one time with lumps around its eyes and wondered what that was.
Posted by Rebecka on December 4, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Possibly (probably) House Finch Disease, more info from Cornell here:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/hofi/recognizing.html