Contamination of Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) with fulmar stomach oil

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Clarke, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zoological Society of London 1977
• Subjects: Fulmar; Falco peregrinus; Fulmarus glacialis
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525476/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1977.tb04567.x

Since 1971, four peregrine falcons, Falco peregrinus, coated with an oil‐like contamination, have been received for analysis at Monks Wood Experimental Station. All were from north or west Scotland. The contamination from one bird was examined and found to be a highly weathered oil of recent biologi...