Friday, 23 December 2022

Feather ID

From Maggie Bissmire:

Hoping someone can help identify what bird these feathers came from, and what was likely to have killed it.  Found in our field a couple of days ago. There was just a handful of feathers, no carcase, but a bit of soil disturbance near a sapling which makes me think maybe fox?

The orange tinge doesn’t show up too well in the photo.  Could it be woodcock?  If so that’s a first for here.