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by Doris Potter
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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This Crow has a deformed beak which is a result of avian keratin disorder which has been seen mainly in Alaska and British Columbia in alarming... more
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This Crow has a deformed beak which is a result of "avian keratin disorder" which has been seen mainly in Alaska and British Columbia in alarming numbers of North-western Crows and Black-capped Chickadees. Other species are being affected as well and sometimes both the upper and lower parts of the beak are deformed and this can interfere with the bird's ability to eat.
I found a website where I could report this bird and send the photo. It is a U.S. site which is gathering information to see how widespread this is in North America.
There are theories that contaminants are responsible for this disorder but there is still more research to do to reach conclusive findings.
Here is a link for more information:
http://www.care2.com/causes/study-suggests-cause-of-beak-deformities-in-alaskan-birds-is-environmental.html
My passion is to express Nature's beauty through photography. I am self-taught and like things simple. Thus, photo manipulation is kept to a minimum. The intrinsic beauty of our natural surroundings does not need enhancing; only revealing. All photos of wildlife have been taken in the wild and involve no staging. My goal is to bring out the character of an animal ... the essence of a leaf ... the spirit of all Nature. "The Sacred is clothed in fur and feathers and scales and skin - It flashes out from shining eyes in darkened woods - And speaks in bird songs and cicada serenades - It touches a place in me where wildness dwells - A long forgotten, hidden place that shivers in sudden resonance." D. Potter 1994 I have...
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Kathy Gibbons
aaaaaawwwww thats sad ,its really amazing you found it ,& i am so glad as you reported it !! Im gonna nickname you Mother nature Miss Doris
Doris Potter replied:
I think I could nickname you the same! It is amazing that I found it and it let me get close enough for this photo. At least it must be able to eat to be looking this healthy so I am hopeful for its future.