Brilliant work. Many thanks for the quick turn around and sharing of
information.
Cheers,
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> On Nov 9, 2017, at 3:02 PM, Paul R Sweet <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Several people have asked about cause of death. The bird was clearly hit by a
> car with a fractures in both hind limbs and the pelvis.
>
> Jonas Lai has skinned the bird and we have obtained the following data.
> The bird was a male with testes 5 x 2.5 mm
> It weighed 100g which is rather light for this species. Published weights
> range from 135-210 g ((Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and
> North Africa). There was no fat but the pectoral muscles did not appear
> atrophied.
> Stomach contained tiny insect parts which have been persevered but not
> identified.
> A moderate parasite load of Acanthocephalans was identified by AMNH
> parasitologists Mark Siddall and Michael Tessler
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