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25-03-2016 11:44am

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#2 25-03-2016 3:16pm
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Is it a solid mass or feathers pulled in a squabble?

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#3 25-03-2016 4:06pm
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hard to tell. I thought at first it was the wind ruffling, but it stayed around for 2 or 3 minutes and didn't change. Looks like a cyst or deformity to me. Bird was perfectly happy from what I could tell, flitting around and feeding

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#4 25-03-2016 7:08pm
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I've seen a kind of liquid-filled blister type growth on tern chicks - usually on the body, and its apparently caused by a parasite - could be something similar here.

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