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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2015, 12:39 PM Feb 2015

Chemical contaminants suspect in mystery of Alaska chickadee beak deformities

Alaska Dispatch

Chemical contaminants suspect in mystery of Alaska chickadee beak deformities

Whatever is causing Anchorage-area black-capped chickadees to develop deformed beaks, it's spreading to other birds and parts of the world, including Fairbanks, Puget Sound and Great Britain.

Wildlife | Yereth Rosen
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150216/chemical-contaminants-suspect-mystery-alaska-chickadee-beak-deformities

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Chemical contaminants suspect in mystery of Alaska chickadee beak deformities (Original Post) Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

Didn't miners used to do something with birds in cages in mines? Trillo Feb 2015 #1

Trillo

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1. Didn't miners used to do something with birds in cages in mines?

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Tue Feb 17, 2015, 09:25 PM

Feb 2015

There’s no smoking gun in this study, which is frustrating,” she said.

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