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Bird ID please

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Posted by Buck Ward on April 3, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Bird ID please
My wife works at a veterinary clinic. somebody found this bird on their doorstep and brought it. Her manager texted me these pictures for an ID, but I have no idea. It certainly doesn't look native. At first I thought it was gull-like until I saw the bill. Perhaps it is a pet. Anybody got any ideas?
Posted by Buck Ward on April 3, 2013 at 11:26 AM
here's another one
Posted by John Tobias on April 3, 2013 at 12:19 PM
I believe it is a domestic pigeon, one of the feather foot breeds.
Posted by Mia McPherson on April 3, 2013 at 1:53 PM
Buck, it is a Pigeon of some kind, probably domesticated
Posted by Buck Ward on April 3, 2013 at 7:27 PM
Not in my field guide. :rolleyes:
I'd never seen a pigeon with a bill like that, but now that I've googled pigeons, I found some that look somewhat similar. We recently had quite a number of never-seen-before razorbills here, so I thought it might be some exotic accidental.

Thanks