http://www.myballard.com/forum/ A forum for the Seattle neighborhood of Ballard en Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:16 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159646 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:35:48 +0000 Novalis 159646@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>A quail ?</p> <p><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0wPTgyeJOHoprbFFM6F0O10uomRXNhAAaJg20j7jePTGfJf1MiUf4es6x" rel="nofollow">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0wPTgyeJOHoprbFFM6F0O10uomRXNhAAaJg20j7jePTGfJf1MiUf4es6x</a> </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159353 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:27:52 +0000 iPlod 159353@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Have you seen more than one? Say three or four or a flock all without tails?</p> <p>Edit to say:<br /> Half of my neighbor's chickens don't have tails because of some weird inter-chicken politics or pecking order. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159348 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:13:35 +0000 Alysse 159348@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>May be the Seattle Public Library could help. They have the Birds of North America online, but you need a library card. <a href="https://ezproxy.spl.org/login?qurl=http%3a%2f%2fbna.birds.cornell.edu%2fbna%2f" rel="nofollow">https://ezproxy.spl.org/login?qurl=http%3a%2f%2fbna.birds.cornell.edu%2fbna%2f</a> </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159344 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:55:08 +0000 DDF 159344@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Nope. It looks just like a female sparrow....but no tail. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159326 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:00:15 +0000 yody 159326@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Maybe a nuthatch? </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159215 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:40:17 +0000 je suis roi pigeon 159215@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>As the King of all Ballard pigeons i could easily identify your feathered mystery. But I need a photo, otherwise you can forget it. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159189 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:46:19 +0000 cloudblues 159189@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Perhaps one of our local wren species? Many times their tails can sort of "disappear" depending on their posture. And some wren species have very short tails to start with which just adds to the "no tail" sightings. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159105 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:10:24 +0000 biophile87 159105@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>sometimes birds lose their tail feathers when escaping a cat. My mom's great kiskadee lacked one for a few months. Have that camera ready! </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=11173#post-159102 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:05:23 +0000 DDF 159102@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>So, I have all kinds of birds coming to the feeders in my yard: jays, sparrows, wrens, thrushes, finches, chickadees, tohees, flickers, pigeons, crows, but I just saw a bird that I have never seen.</p> <p>It looks just like a sparrow (small, brown) but it did not have any kind of a tail. It looked exactly like a teeny chicken. It flew away before I could take a photo.</p> <p>What the heck? </p>