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Sunday 10th June 2012, 20:45
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Another Yucatan bird
Hi again - Here are 2 photos of a bird I had assumed was a Great Tailed Grackle, but as you can see, the tail is so short!! This was spotted in Cancun, Mexico in November, 2011. I had seen lots of Great Tailed Grackles there, but this was has me wondering. I couldn't find anything saying a juvenile starts with a short tail. Any comments?
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Sunday 10th June 2012, 20:55
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Agree it cannot be anything else.
Re the tail: probably one of two explanations: poor food during a period resulting in a tail that easily broke off, or a predator that caught the tail which the bird therefore lost (or both combined!). Niels
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Sunday 10th June 2012, 20:57
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Grackles regularly lose all tail feathers simultaneously during molt.
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