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Bird Bill Deformities - Julie Craves of Rogue River Bird Observatory has compiled historic and current records of beak deformities in passerine species.
Falcon Research Group - Bud Anderson and others are investigating a cluster of more than 100 hawks with beak deformities in Washington State.
- Lindsay Oaks and colleagues are conducting research on long-billed hawk syndrome.
Media Reports:
 Listen to the 10/11/06 KSKA broadcast interview of ASC scientist Colleen Handel, "Birds in southern Alaska are turning up with deformed beaks" by Jay Barrett, KMXT Kodiak.
Listen to the 1/13/07 interview of ASC scientist Caroline Van Hemert on America the Wild with Shoup Shepherd. (Click on January 13, 2007, segment 2.)
Read the 6/1/04 article, “Experts remain puzzled over beak deformities in Alaska's birds” in the Anchorage Daily News.
Read the 7/19/99 article, “Cause of chickadee deformities a mystery” in the Juneau Empire.
Read the 2/16/03 article, “Scientists look for clues to rise in bird deformities” in the Juneau Empire.
Read the 4/6/04 article, ”Deformed beaks spotted in Southeast” in the Juneau Empire.
Read the 1/11/07 article, “Biologists ask public to help with deformed bird study” in the Juneau Empire.
Read the 1/16/05 article, “Avian ailment worries experts” in the Skagit Valley News.
Read the 10/25/05 article, “Hawk bill mystery remains a mystery” in the Skagit Valley News.
Read the Spring 1999 article, “Mysterious Bill Deformities
Seen in Alaskan Chickadees” in Birdscope.
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| Northwestern Crow, photo by Judy Rowe Taylor |
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