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« Reply #330 on: April 09, 2016, 12:16:29 AM »
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« Reply #332 on: April 09, 2016, 11:26:59 PM »
Decades after DDT ban, Yukon River peregrine falcon nest sites have increased fivefold

http://www.adn.com/article/20160408/decades-after-ddt-ban-yukon-river-peregrine-falcon-nest-sites-have-increased

Abstract: Recovery of American peregrine falcons along the upper Yukon River, Alaska

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.1058/abstract

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« Reply #338 on: April 18, 2016, 10:18:57 PM »
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« Reply #339 on: April 19, 2016, 03:10:16 PM »
Quote from: T40cfr403 on March 28, 2016, 11:51:39 AM
Valentino, another victim of lead

http://www.duluthbudgeteer.com/community/3990306-valentino-another-victim-lead

Wildwoods: http://wildwoodsrehab.org/





Letter: Too quick to blame lead ammo

http://www.duluthbudgeteer.com/opinion/letters/3995940-letter-too-quick-blame-lead-ammo

HuntForTruth.org: http://www.huntfortruth.org/science/scientific-opinions/



Update/rebuttal: The science on lead

http://www.duluthbudgeteer.com/community/4012184-science-lead

Footnotes in the article:

Lead Poisoning: A Historical Perspective - https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/lead-poisoning-historical-perspective

Childhood Lead  Poisoning - http://www.who.int/ceh/publications/leadguidance.pdf

Lead poisoning - http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lead-poisoning/basics/symptoms/con-20035487

Lead - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/lead/index.cfm

Lead information for hunters - http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/lead/index.html

BLOOD LEAD LEVEL STUDY RESULTS - https://www.ndhealth.gov/lead/venison/Fact%20Sheet%20Blood%20Lead%20Level%20Study%20Results.pdf

Lead in Venison - https://www.ndhealth.gov/lead/venison/

Condors and Lead - http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/california_condor_lead.shtml

Lead from spent ammunition: a source of exposure and poisoning in bald eagles - http://www.berrymaninstitute.org/files/uploads/pdf/journal/spring2012/HWI_6.1_p94-104.pdf

Lead in Ammunition: A Persistent Threat to Health and Conservation - http://sci-hub.io/http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-013-0896-5

SIXTEEN YEARS OF LEAD POISONING IN EAGLES, 1980-95: AN EPIZOOTIOLOGIC VIEW - https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/jrr/v031n04/p00327-p00332.pdf

Ammunition is the Principal Source of Lead Accumulated by California Condors Re-Introduced to the Wild - https://sci-hub.io/10.1021/es060765s#


This bald eagle suffering from acute lead poisoning died not long after arrival. (Photo: Wildwoods)
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« Reply #340 on: April 20, 2016, 06:35:12 PM »
Killing the Vultures (This is a great read, especially for conservation-minded citizen scientists!)

Excerpted from Their Fate is Our Fate: How Birds Foretell Threats To Our Health and Our World, Peter Doherty, 2013.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/wildlife/killing-the-vultures-ze0z1604zsel.aspx?PageId=1





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« Reply #342 on: April 20, 2016, 09:37:16 PM »
New studies highlight energy development's impact on birds (Outstanding and about time!)

http://phys.org/news/2016-04-highlight-energy-impact-birds.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Full text: Reproductive success of Horned Lark and McCown's Longspur in relation to wind energy infrastructure

http://www.aoucospubs.org/doi/full/10.1650/CONDOR-15-25.1

Full text: Wintering Sandhill Crane exposure to wind energy development in the central and southern Great Plains, USA

http://www.aoucospubs.org/doi/full/10.1650/CONDOR-15-99.1

Full text: Avian interactions with renewable energy infrastructure: An update

http://www.aoucospubs.org/doi/full/10.1650/CONDOR-15-61.1

Full text: Avian interactions with energy infrastructure in the context of other anthropogenic threats

http://www.aoucospubs.org/doi/full/10.1650/CONDOR-16-12.1

Full text: Anthropogenic light is associated with increased vocal activity by nocturnally migrating birds

http://sci-hub.io/http://dx.doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-15-136.1

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