[mou-net] Ross's gull

2021-11-30 Thread Kimberly Emerson
Good morning all, Just wanted to let everyone know that the Ross's gull was found on the beach in very poor health this morning and was just picked up by a rehabber. Kimberly Emerson, Windom, MN General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: htt

[mou-net] Ross's Gull

2021-11-30 Thread Anthony Hertzel
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 General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.htm

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Gull

2021-11-30 Thread GLENN CIEGLER
😢😢😢 Sent from my iPad > On Nov 30, 2021, at 10:32 AM, Anthony Hertzel 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 > > > > > > General information and guide

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Gull

2021-11-30 Thread Tanya Beyer
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; t

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Gull

2021-11-30 Thread GLENN CIEGLER
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, th

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Gull

2021-11-30 Thread birdnird57
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 wrote: It seemed to be doing fine yesterday, including foraging for food on the shoreline. Another phot

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Gull

2021-11-30 Thread Gregg Severson
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 wrote: > Would lead poisoning be a possibility? I hope we get ne

[mou-net] Long tailed Ducks

2021-11-30 Thread Smclark5354
2 ( m/f) at Lake Independence, Hennepin County first seen at 1:00 p.m Seen from boat launch parking and last seen 50 yards out from stacked picnic tables. Birds have been harassed by a Bald Eagle so they are not sitting in place for any period of time. Scott Clark Sent from my iPhone Ge

Re: [mou-net] Ross's Gull

2021-11-30 Thread Tom Gilde
I doubt that, Glenn. I don’t think that it was alive when another birder and I retrieved the gull. I transported it to the WRC. Please note my eBird post for more details. Tom Gilde > On Nov 30, 2021, at 12:07 PM, GLENN CIEGLER wrote: > > 😢😢😢 > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Nov 30, 2021,