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« Reply #105 on: September 02, 2018, 02:33:12 PM »
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« Reply #106 on: September 09, 2018, 06:57:53 PM »
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« Reply #107 on: September 14, 2018, 12:22:42 PM »
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« Reply #108 on: September 18, 2018, 08:02:31 PM »
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« Reply #109 on: September 20, 2018, 08:57:42 PM »
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« Reply #110 on: September 20, 2018, 10:06:27 PM »
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« Reply #111 on: September 21, 2018, 12:14:52 PM »
Raptors' kryptonite (<<<< what a perfect description!)

https://www.cdapress.com/local_news/20180921/raptors_kryptonite


Courtesy photo This male bald eagle with lead poisoning was found by Athol's Janet Medley and her family over Labor Day weekend on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille. It continues to recover at the Birds of Prey Northwest rehabilitation center near St. Maries. It is expected to be eventually released.
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« Reply #112 on: September 24, 2018, 10:37:44 PM »
Article: Sparrows in mining towns Broken Hill and Mount Isa have evolved to avoid lead poisoning, geneticists find

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-24/sparrows-in-australian-mining-towns-have-evolved-to-avoid-lead/10295892


Sparrows from Britain spread to the Broken Hill region about a century ago.
Supplied: Macquarie University


Abstract: Signs of adaptation to trace metal contamination in a common urban bird

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718334880?via%3Dihub

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« Reply #113 on: October 01, 2018, 12:57:44 AM »
20 million birds and other animals die annually after ingesting lead left behind by hunters

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-million-birds-animals-die-annually.html

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« Reply #114 on: October 05, 2018, 11:09:13 AM »
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« Reply #115 on: October 05, 2018, 11:12:59 AM »
First evidence of fatal infection of white-tailed sea eagles with avian influenza

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-evidence-fatal-infection-white-tailed-sea.html

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« Reply #116 on: October 08, 2018, 11:57:43 AM »
Interesting article from 1978, before Idaho complied with the waterfowl/steel shot rule.

40 Years Ago - https://lmtribune.com/sunday_am/years-ago/article_b040a307-c39f-5c51-b663-2e302bc1123f.html
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« Reply #117 on: October 10, 2018, 11:15:11 PM »
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« Reply #118 on: October 10, 2018, 11:18:18 PM »
Minnesota loons may get $7.2 million from BP oil spill settlement

https://www.dglobe.com/news/science-and-nature/4511290-minnesota-loons-may-get-72-million-bp-oil-spill-settlement


A pair of adult loons feed their chicks on Burntside Lake near Ely. Minnesota loon conservation efforts would get $7.52 million in part of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement under a proposal published Tuesday in the Federal Register. News Tribune file photo.
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« Reply #119 on: October 11, 2018, 03:33:28 PM »
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