Perhaps it was aspergillosus, which has killed some of the lower-48 Ivory Gulls. https://blog.aba.org/2017/03/a-tale-of-two-gulls.html https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article29121640.html
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 1:06 PM <birdnir...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would lead poisoning be a possibility? I hope we get necropsy results > eventually. So sad. > > Charlene Nelson > Grant County MN > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 30, 2021, at 12:20 PM, GLENN CIEGLER <cieglergl...@msn.com> wrote: > > It seemed to be doing fine yesterday, including foraging for food on the > shoreline. Another photographer had a shot with it eating a small fish. > With such a rapid decline, I wonder if it was accidental poisoning...I am > assuming an autopsy is being considered. > So sad as it was such a handsome, though possibly lonely bird. > Glenn > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 30, 2021, at 12:15 PM, Tanya Beyer <epiphaniesafi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Terribly sad news. Was it probably due to lack of food-finding in a > habitat it doesn't come from? > > I'm reminded of the barn owl in January 2020 down in Zim, MN that weakened > and died in front of a flock of birdwatchers. Then the ivory gulls that > came to the Duluth lakefront in early January 2016; two of those gulls died > if I'm not mistaken, even though the birders were treating the gulls at > least some of the time to fresh fish and other chum to keep them close. > Birds far from their home range must all be at risk of starvation. > > By now it seems a worthy topic as to whether an out-of-territory bird in > cold weather might need a little help in the way of bread scraps, seed, > fish, etc. in case that would help see it on its way to wherever it finds > more of its own kind. Maybe a long shot but I couldn't help wondering. > Tanya Beyer > > http://www.epiphaniesafield.com > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:07 PM GLENN CIEGLER <cieglergl...@msn.com > <mailto:cieglergl...@msn.com>> wrote: > 😢😢😢 > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Nov 30, 2021, at 10:32 AM, Anthony Hertzel <axhert...@gmail.com > <mailto:axhert...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > The Ross’s Gull was being transported to the Wildlife Rehab Center in > St. Paul this morning, but it died in transit. > > > > Anthony Hertzel > > axhert...@gmail.com<mailto:axhert...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > -- Gregg Severson rain...@gmail.com ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
