Would any local facility be willing to do a necropsy if someone were willing to retrieve the bodies?
Suan On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 8:29 AM Gary Kohlenberg <jg...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Thanks John and Sue, > > What would the likelihood of botulism be in your opinion? The issues MNWR > had were some years ago and I don’t know how prevalent it is. > > Gary > > On Jun 1, 2020, at 6:37 AM, "k...@empireaccess.net" <k...@empireaccess.net> > wrote: > > > > You folks know that area and the ducks but, as most ducks sleep on the > water, the idea of a terrestrial predator doesn't fly. Snappers may scoop > up numerous ducklings and goslings and can attack an adult but not several. > I wouldn't put away the human possibility. > John > --- > John and Sue Gregoire > 5373 Fitzgerald Rd > Burdett, NY 14818-9626 > "Conserve and Create Habitat" > N 42.44307 W 76.75784 > > On 2020-05-31 20:26, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: > > Are any of you considering a night-time attack when the ducks would have > been asleep & not aware of danger from owl or weasel? I agree with Chris. > > Fritzie Bllizzard > > On May 31, 2020, at 11:53 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes > <c...@cornell.edu> <c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >  Just throwing this out there as another possibility: weasel or ferret. > > This is, as I understand it, classic kill method used by these Mustelids. > They’ve been know to kill off an entire flock of chickens in a night, > severing heads with minimal disruption to the rest of the body. > > Thoughts? > > Sincerely, > Chris T-H > > > > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- 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/ --