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> Sorry to report that the male long-tailed duck that has been reported from the beach of Headlands Dunes was found dead this morning by Chardon birders.
> Currently in our possession under our USFWS Migratory Bird Salvage Permit; it will be turned over to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for their collections.
> The keel of its breastbone is most prominent, indicating an emaciated condition.  Perhaps illness accounts for its lingering presence in our locale long after long-tailed ducks are long gone from here and up on nesting grounds on the Arctic tundra.
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> Dan Best, Senior Naturalist - Geauga Park District
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