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Index of Subjects Thanks Joan and Randy, Your comments have at least reduce my concern that it may have died from eating something contaminated..... Eleanor Lindsay Joan Czapalay wrote: > 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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