A close-up of the pair of bird feathers with glue

'It can cause confusion for some viewers because of their slightly unusual tail color, but this does not affect their ability to hunt and fly'.

When found by RSPCA Royal Wildlife Protection staff, the buzzard is in a weak, almost dying state, and its feathers and tail are not intact.

Dr. Chris Gardner at St Clement Veterinary Hospital (Truro, Cornwall, England) used falcon tail feathers in his feather collection to transplant this buzzard.

The buzzard after being anesthetized.

The doctors had to anesthetize this buzzard to be able to cut the hair close to the skin and use new glue-stick glue.

After cutting 2cm at the end of the hair used for transplants, Dr. Gardner cut the bamboo poles to fit and attach them to each other with a durable adhesive.

Falcon feathers are implanted with durable adhesive.

Talking about the condition of "patient" , Dr. Gardner said: 'It is quite ragged, probably due to a period of intense stress at the end of all the tail feathers and the back wing feathers. This causes weakness on the feathers in the same place and the result is all tail feathers and some rear wing feathers break near the root. '

'In the summer, some of the new feathers will grow out to replace the broken ones, but they won't last long without the support of the feathers next to them .' Therefore, doctors believe that the best decision is to perform a transplant.

The buzzard after getting a new hair transplant.

Dr. Gardner said: 'Unfortunately, I do not have enough rear wing feathers to replace the damaged ones.'

Therefore, the bird will be kept for several months until enough feathers are enough to fly normally.

Reference: Daily Mail