Workmen picking up dead blackbirds in Paducah, Kentucky, after the area was sprayed last week-end with a chemical that stripped protective oils from their feathers. They died from exposure. Another spraying is planned to kill the rest of the two million birds plaguing the area.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33774, 21 February 1975, Page 13
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45Workmen picking up dead blackbirds in Paducah, Kentucky, after the area was sprayed last week-end with a chemical that stripped protective oils from their feathers. They died from exposure. Another spraying is planned to kill the rest of the two million birds plaguing the area. Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33774, 21 February 1975, Page 13
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