chilling during the war?

[Noxomanus]

It would have been great to have Radagast being more active in the War of the Ring. It's possible he helped out the Beornings and Lothlorien in the north though. His birds might have served as messengers and spies too. I suppose he may even have send the Eagles on their way to the Black Gate.I suppose he knew of the fall of Gandalf and he might have helped I guess.Perhaps he was too busy,knew too little of the affairs or felt too weak to replace Gandalf the Grey. Or he could have had a 'whatever!' stance on it..or he could have heard all about it after Gandalf returned.I still think it's a pity he's mentioned sooo little in LotR.

And I still wonder what him being 'a master of shapes and hues' was meant to mean.