The following photos are shot through glass and cropped so they are far from great quality, just documenting this bird. I believe it is a Grackle although it's tail doesn't look like one when it flies.
It has only one leg, the right side, and comes in to feed in my front yard late mornings each day, always feeding on the ground. It will only land on large branches 1 1/2 inches in diameter or larger and wooden fence post. It doesn't seem to be easily scared off by Blue Jays or Red Bellied Woodpeckers that normally dominate the feeders, it stands it's ground like life depends on feeding no matter what.
I had one identical to this one all of last winter that showed up after the temperatures became brutally cold. I wonder if it is indeed the same bird that has managed to cope with this disability, if so he is a tough one.
It is and has always been alone, do not have any other of his kind feeding here in winter. It feeds by lying on the ground and only stands to move or fly away.
IMG_1484 by steve findling, on Flickr
IMG_1476 by steve findling, on Flickr
