Masked Lapwing by danapommet
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Description
This 20 year old Masked Lapwing suffers from age related arthritis in his right ankle. His foot is in a permanently curled position that you see here. He has adapted, limps along just fine and his only problem is that he can no longer fly up and land on a branch. He is monitored by the Palm Beach Zoos Animal Care and Veterinary team. Taken May 2009.
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Dana
Comments (20)
He's a lovely bird. Fortunately he's got people who care about the lives of such wonderful wildlife.
Hopefully he is in an enclosure where there are no predators Great shot
Very interesting bird!
Never seen one of these before. I hope it's still ok.
It comes to us all in the end. poor chap.
Beautiful bird ! Its sad story !
Strange bird, beautiful capture
Excellent shot. :)
great shot!! 20 years old,Wow
great shot!
What an interesting bird, never even heard of them!!
So glad he copes, I used to feed a one legged pigeon & it coped very well!!!!
Excellent shot!
belle prise!
SWEET SHOT
Arthritis? That's something I definitely have in common with the hardy avian. Cool capture of the senior citizen Lapwing as it limps through the last stages of life.
great capture!!
Aside from the bad foot he looks great; lucky he's in a good place! What a beauty!
Wonderful capture! :)
Cool beans dude never seen one of these either thank u so much for all ur photos u display to us fantastic so keep them coming love it.