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Spana



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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:13 pm    Post subject: Nasty photos, dont look if squeamish Reply with quote
What d'you think did this? Had a little call duck the other day, just the same but head missing. Breast very delicately picked clean, wings still on body. Not really fox work is it Confused
Duck on the right was sitting, went missing yesterday. Found Muscovy on the Island.





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CP
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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mink? (or one of the same family?) Otter?

I agree they don't look like fox kills. Confused
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mojo



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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i suggest mink...........use the carcasses to bait traps
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Gilly C



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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
certainly looks like mink are you near a river ? you need to get the fisheries to set traps if so, good luck in catching the culprit
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Sparklepeeps



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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jan, that second duck (the brown one) looked just like that pigeon I found...only the pigeon was headless. There were feathers in the tree above it...but I cant imagion anything big enough to go for a duck would eat it up a tree!
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Henwife



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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
One could certainly be a bird of prey - they go for the soft bits once they've immobilised their prey. I had to dispatch a partly eaten Cream legbar after a buzzard strike - not nice. The other one could well be mink as I believe they drown their prey if they can, so could strip the neck in the process & carry on once dead.
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fairislefaerie



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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like they both fell victim to mink.


Angela
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Spana



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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Henwife wrote:
One could certainly be a bird of prey - they go for the soft bits once they've immobilised their prey. I had to dispatch a partly eaten Cream legbar after a buzzard strike - not nice. The other one could well be mink as I believe they drown their prey if they can, so could strip the neck in the process & carry on once dead.


Thats really interesting henwife. Ive found 3 drowned muscovies this week but not a mark on them. I thought it was oversexed drakes Confused
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kated



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's definitely mink - I've watched them feed like that (through binoculars).
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Spana



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kated wrote:
That's definitely mink - I've watched them feed like that (through binoculars).


Everything is pointing to mink, I'm setting the traps anyway.
Nothing dead today thank goodness.

Anyone know how a mink kills a big strong duck?
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kated



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They seem to suffocate them - grab them round the front of the neck and hang on.
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Spana



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
So if mink, there should be marks on the throat.Duck on the right was pulled off her eggs and I found the body about 10ft away from the nest. Not buried them yet, OH will dig the hole with JCB to get it deep, so I'll look tomorrow to see if there are any throat marks.

Thanks
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mojo



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2007 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
dont bury it use to bait traps............the mink loves high meat too
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