Some
birds have been taken to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lab in Ashland for
testing.
Posted:
Nov. 17, 2018 10:30 AM
Updated:
Nov. 18, 2018 12:58 AM
Posted
By: Associated Press
HILLSBORO,
Ore. (AP) - Federal and state authorities are investigating a mass bird death
in northwestern Oregon.
Officials
say a bald eagle, red-tailed hawk and dozens of red-winged blackbirds and
European starlings were found dead in a field in Hillsboro earlier this week.
Oregon
State Police are investigating, and some birds have been taken to a U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service lab in Ashland for testing.
Portland
General Electric says crews checked a nearby transformer but it's designed to
be safe for birds, and it's unlikely the birds were electrocuted.
Audubon
Society of Portland Conservation Director Bob Sallinger says it's possible the
smaller birds were poisoned, and the larger, predatory birds died after eating
them.
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