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Originally Posted by Lreynolds
My son and I worked hard in the marsh of SW LA Wednesday and Thursday, and our 2-day bag of 24 birds included 10 shovelers, 6 gadwalls, 6 bluewings, a greenwing and a mottled duck.
When we cleaned the birds, 5 of the 10 shovelers and 2 of the 6 bluewings had sarcocysts (rice-breast). I have no problems eating shovelers and consider bluewings excellent table-fare, but I can't stomach birds with those parasites despite knowing they are harmless to eat. Disappointing ....... |
Don't skin em you'll never know. No telling how many of those I ate because I never skim birds. The birds are still safe to eat. Nothing to worry about.
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/...arcocystis.asp
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