White-crowned Sparrow juvenile by Jackie B. Elmore 1-5-2018 Lincoln Co. KY
Notice a bird tick (Ixodes brunneus?) on the head of this white-crown. A phenomenon known as "tick paralysis", caused by some unknown substance in the saliva of a female tick, can have a debilitating effect on a host bird. ( Dr. Mullen, Auburn University study)
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White-crowned Sparrow juvenile by Jackie B. Elmore 1-5-2018 Lincoln Co. KY
Notice a bird tick (Ixodes brunneus?) on the head of this white-crown. A phenomenon known as "tick paralysis", caused by some unknown substance in the saliva of a female tick, can have a debilitating effect on a host bird. ( Dr. Mullen, Auburn University study)
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Uploaded on January 28, 2018
Taken on January 5, 2018