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Anyone Seen My Tail?
Kits

Anyone Seen My Tail?

Thank you for the lovely comments on the jackdaws and the Beaulieu view.

This blackbird appears to have no tail.
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Habitat
Rural garden
Location
Hampshire
Date taken
April 19
Chris G6 UXU
Staff member
Supporter
A lovely detailed shot of this Blackbird Kits, many tfs and hope it's tail grows back soon.
 
aloktewari
Opus Editor
Supporter
Tale of the missing tail ... poor thing looks pensive ...
A super capture, Kits ... tfs ...
 
j toon
yep! he does looks shorter than the average black bird...a lovely capture kits......
 
bievreJJ
great photo of this tail-less blackbird, Kits, probably survived some kind of fight, top notch, many tfs!!!
 
Danielbirdwatcher
Tale of the missing tail lol, that's funny. My Daddy use to say, " Somedays you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you. Well, we know what happens here.
 
Jonno52
Supporter
Nice one Kits! Ages ago I posted a very similar shot of a Blackbird lacking a tail (and strongly suspected responsibility lay with one particular cat which used to lie half-hidden in a patch of ivy on the ground, waiting for unwary birds). Yours is a better photo, sharper and with better eye contact. I guess there's every good chance the tail feathers will grow back (a quick search suggests that's the case).
 
ducbucln
Such a sweet pose for the camera. It's amazing how fast the tails grow out again so I wouldn't worry too much. Great job Kits.

Vicki
 

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Britain & Europe
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