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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_66018_17601503.1219506189597 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Interesting, Joan. As you can imagine, I've brought a few of these gannets back to the lab to add their skeletons (in whole or in part) to our collection. I don't recall skull damage, I likely wouldn't have kept them if there was...and I don't recall if I've rejected any or not (I process a lot of skeletons, so I can't remember them all). I'll keep a look out for this now. Randy 2008/8/22 Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> > 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. ------=_Part_66018_17601503.1219506189597 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div dir="ltr"><div>Interesting, Joan.</div> <div> </div> <div>As you can imagine, I've brought a few of these gannets back to the lab to add their skeletons (in whole or in part) to our collection. I don't recall skull damage, I likely wouldn't have kept them if there was...and I don't recall if I've rejected any or not (I process a lot of skeletons, so I can't remember them all). I'll keep a look out for this now.</div> <div> </div> <div>Randy<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/8/22 Joan Czapalay <span dir="ltr"><joancz@ns.sympatico.ca></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">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<br> <br>Randy Lauff wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Washed-up gannets are not uncommon, I come across a few every year, almost always juveniles.<br><br>2008/8/18 Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca <mailto:kelindsay@eastlink.ca>><br> <br> This afternoon I found a dead gannet washed up on the shore of my<br> Seabright cove in St Margarets Bay.<br> There were no obvious signs of injury on the body. How common is<br> such a finding in these parts?<br> <br> Eleanor Lindsay<br><br><br></blockquote><br></blockquote></div> <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br></div> ------=_Part_66018_17601503.1219506189597--
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