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Reading the article makes this headline look pretty sensationalized. - This is from studying only dead birds found near power lines in Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, an
by BurningFrog 3y ago
Reading the article makes this headline look pretty sensationalized.
- This is from studying only dead birds found near power lines in Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Oregon.
- That is "birds" in general, only some of which were bald eagles.
- Out of 410 dead birds, cause of death was determined for 175. 66% gunshot, 17% electrocution, 17% collision. Of the 410, that's 28%/7%/7%.
So "Illegal shooting along power lines a leading cause of death for bald eagles" is an indefensible summary for several separate reasons.
- _Microft 3y ago„There were 235 birds for which body condition was so poor or evidence so inconclusive that a COD could not be determined. These included species not typically associated with power poles, some of which likely represented prey remains left by predatory birds feeding on the pole.“, from the actual study.