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I recall reading some years ago a study (Great Britain, I believe) of dead gannets in which cause of death in the majority was skull damage. Having seen from a kayak the way they hit the water, this does not surprise me. Perhaps the immatures have trouble getting the entry angle right. Cheers, Joan Randy Lauff wrote: > Washed-up gannets are not uncommon, I come across a few every year, > almost always juveniles. > > 2008/8/18 Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca > <mailto:kelindsay@eastlink.ca>> > > This afternoon I found a dead gannet washed up on the shore of my > Seabright cove in St Margarets Bay. > There were no obvious signs of injury on the body. How common is > such a finding in these parts? > > Eleanor Lindsay > > > > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1627 - Release Date: 8/22/2008 6:48 AM >
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