Abstract The stable isotopes of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen were analysed in two generations of feather growth in a second- or third-calendar-year female Eagle Owl Bubo bubo found in Norfolk in November 2006.We found that the juvenile primaries and secondaries had a consistently low δ2H signature, while second-generation remiges, and body feathers, revealed higher values. The patt
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