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Eagles articles,



There were articles in our local newspaper last week
about dead eagles that they are finding at Lake
Thurmond for those of you that might be interested I
finally looked them up on the web for you to read.
Cathy green


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Seven more bald eagles were found dead at Thurmond
Lake 
this week, bringing to eight the number of rare birds 
believed to have been killed by a mysterious malady
first 
diagnosed in Arkansas in 1995.


The eagles, found in the Bussey Point and
Leathersville 
areas of Lincoln County, are suspected victims of
Avian 
Vacuolar Myelinopathy, or AVM, said Vic VanSant, a
Georgia 
Department of Natural Resources biologist.

AVM first was diagnosed in eagles at DeGray Lake,
Ark., in 
1995, where 58 birds have died. Scientists have since
been 
unable to determine the origins of the condition.

``None of these eagles have been confirmed as having
AVM, 
but it's suspected, obviously, because all the
symptoms 
are there,'' Mr. VanSant said.

This article is continued... To read the rest of the 
article, please visit:
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/120100/met_124-6785.shtml


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@ugusta: The Augusta Chronicle Online:
> 
> 
> Three more dead bald eagles were found Friday at
> Thurmond Lake by scientists investigating an
> apparent outbreak of a mysterious condition that
> destroys the birds' brains from the inside.
> 
> Researchers from as far away as Wisconsin and
> Mississippi met Friday in Thomson to discuss efforts
> to learn more about Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy, or
> AVM - now suspected in 11 eagle deaths locally.
> 
> Eight bald eagles were found in the past two weeks
> along the 70,000-acre reservoir, and three more were
> discovered Friday, said Vic VanSant, a Georgia
> Department of Natural Resources biologist.
> 
> ``All three were decomposed,'' he said. ``They had
> been dead for a while.'' The eagles were found in
> the Bussey Point Wilderness Area near a known nest
> site.
> 
> This article is continued... To read the rest of the
> article, please visit:
>
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/120200/met_152-2820.000.shtml
> 
> 
> **********************************************
> 
> @ugusta: The Augusta Chronicle Online:
> http://www.augustachronicle.com


=====
Cathy Green
N.Augusta,  SC
catag57@yahoo.com
    Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
    -- Rudyard Kipling

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