Bye bye Mr. Longtail. You had real personality. > Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 18:29:40 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [Ohio-birds] RIP Long-tailed Duck - Headlands > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > 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. > > > > Dan Best, Senior Naturalist - Geauga Park District > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]