Infection or Injury?

[Drake]

I picked this guy up today, when I turned him around I saw this big mark on him. It looks like it could be an injury but it's in a wierd place, and not sure what would attack him in the bay. Infection makes more sense.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/Drakeskakes/IMAG1479.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/Drakeskakes/IMAG1478.jpg

[mtnbykr2]

pelican "swing and a miss" ???

[Drake]

pelican "swing and a miss" ???

That's the only thing I could think of :cool:

[JeffB]

Bird for sure.

[MrPatrick]

Looks like it was made by a parasitic copepod.