Dan Sanders is reporting from Kaiser Lake S.P. that it appears that these two birds are escapees. The hind toe (halix sp.?) on the left leg of each bird has been clipped. This is done in aviculture with a toenail clipper when birds are very young.

Doreene Linzell
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