Birdchick

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Zombie Gadwall?

Posted by Birdchick on October - 31 - 2007

I’m going through photos that I took at Cape May for coming blog entries and found what may be the first ever documented case of a Zombie Gadwall attempting to suck out the brains of a teal:

7 Responses so far.

  1. Jayrod says:

    brains brains, must have fresh brains

  2. Trixie says:

    Imagine, the first zombie gadwall documented on Halloween. Spooky!

    word verification is “buxxxy” Ha Ha!

  3. Guillaume says:

    Hi Sharon,
    If you “really” want to be frightened for Halloween, come and visit my blog.

    You will see how birds can be strange…

  4. Susan says:

    looks like the teal is doing quite well even without brains!

  5. archi ann says:

    perfect halloween post!

  6. spacedlaw says:

    Mmm… Braiiiiins…

  7. The Ichthyophile says:

    I know they’re kleptoparasites at times…but this?….”kleptoparacerabelosite”??
    that’s a bill-full!

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