Hi, recently I spent a few days off track in the Waioeka gorge. I came across this feather and cant recognise what species it might have come from. It was along way from the road and farm land so I dont think it came from an exotic species but I have no idea what it come from.
Can anyone recognise it please.
Cheers
Can someone help me with identification of a feather
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Can someone help me with identification of a feather
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather
It looks like a turkey feather to me. But I could be wrong.
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Clinton alert!
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Huia?
Is it near where Hunt for the Wilderpeople was filmed....?
Is it near where Hunt for the Wilderpeople was filmed....?
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather
My pick is Turkey.
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather
Turkey under tail covert feather.
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At first I thought Huia but after looking at photos I think the black part is not long enough. I attached a photo from where it came from
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather
The feather looks a bit large for something the size of a Huia... plus the only white on them was the tail tip and that isn’t a tail feather.
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather
Does seem a strange place to find a turkey feather, but that's what it looks like to me too. I guess the thing with feathers is they're proverbially light and if one got picked up in a stiff breeze it could travel quite a distance.
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather
Here's photo of under tail covert feathers of live adult male turkey I caught at farm whose I worked.