Looks like it has bird scaly leg. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly_leg

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On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 4:31 PM, cynthia crawford <
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> This male has been coming to my feeder all winter. At first I thought he
> just had extra white feathers around his eye. Now it is clear there is
> something very wrong. His feet are huge and scaly, and his eyes are worse.
> He still flies around and eats well- no way I could catch him that I know
> of.  Does anyone know what's wrong with him? Would it be contagious?    The
> others are all fine so far- at least  1 other male and 2 females.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/33836164@N03/16604325512/
>
> 3 pictures.  Very unhappy!
>
> Cynthia Crawford
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