Geese die in droves in Keizer; experts baffled
Bodies of water don't appear to be the cause
CRYSTAL BOLNER
Statesman Journal
February 2, 2005
KEIZER -- Geese are literally falling from the sky in and around Keizer, and wildlife experts don't know why.
About 150 Canada geese were found dead Friday at a private pond off Wheatland Road owned by Morse Bros. rock products in rural Marion County. Thirty or so other dead birds were discovered three months ago near Staats Lake, a private lake in Keizer.
State wildlife officials visited both sites to investigate. The officials suspect that the birds may have died from something they ate, because it doesn't appear that anything in the pond or lake killed the birds.
"Reports of one bird here or one over there is not cause for alarm," said Will High, a wildlife biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. "But when you have 10 or 20 or 30 or 100 of them all of a sudden die in one day, well, that's just not normal."
Peace - Anna
CRYSTAL BOLNER
Statesman Journal
February 2, 2005
KEIZER -- Geese are literally falling from the sky in and around Keizer, and wildlife experts don't know why.
About 150 Canada geese were found dead Friday at a private pond off Wheatland Road owned by Morse Bros. rock products in rural Marion County. Thirty or so other dead birds were discovered three months ago near Staats Lake, a private lake in Keizer.
State wildlife officials visited both sites to investigate. The officials suspect that the birds may have died from something they ate, because it doesn't appear that anything in the pond or lake killed the birds.
"Reports of one bird here or one over there is not cause for alarm," said Will High, a wildlife biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. "But when you have 10 or 20 or 30 or 100 of them all of a sudden die in one day, well, that's just not normal."
Peace - Anna
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