On April 15, Sandy Wold posted the message below to the list serve, regarding a dead Double-crested Cormorant. I was recently out at Jetty Woods and saw the individual she referred to. I took some pictures (see attached) and I think I discovered what killed the cormorant. It appears it got its wing impaled on a tree branch and was horribly stuck as a result -- a very unfortunate end for such a lovely bird. I wonder how often this happens.
Diane Traina Subject: Dead Cormorant in Tree at Jetty Woods From: Sandy Wold <sandra.w...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:55:19 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1 Yesterday early evening at Jetty Woods, after I picked up a few handfuls of styrofoam cup aquatic debris deposited after recent flooding, I noticed the entire herd of cormorants were back, and one was dangling from a tree. The others went about perching normally in the tree. Bald-headed Eagle? This bird had what looked to me like breeding plumage (black tufts on top of head). I could not see any orange and not sure if that was because of the angle. Do birds lose their color after death? If so, how long is it before the color starts to diminish? Sandy -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
