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| To: | "Martin O'Brien"<> |
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| Subject: | Re: Black Duck duckling death? |
| From: | "Paul McDonald" <> |
| Date: | Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:05:16 +1100 |
Martin, Were there any extremes in temperature, rainfall, wind etc? Another possiblity is viral, haematozoic infection. Did the parents maintain parental care whilst keeping predators away, or did they neglect the ducklings in a way that was terminal? As a firm believer of the only good cat is a very dead one I suggest that you leave the cat in the pool for a few weeks and see if the same abiotic/biotic factors affect the cat similiarly! I am joking of course. Cheers and good birding, Paul ******************************************* Paul McDonald School of Biological Sciences Macquarie University, Sydney NSW, 2109 Australia Phone: (02) 9850 8191 Fax: (02) 9850 8245 ******************************************* |
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