US - Michigan: Recurring disease kills loons, other birds in Traverse City - November 6, 2016

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Waterfowl Worry: Recurring disease kills loons, other birds

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• Traverse City Record-Eagle

By MARK JOHNSON, Record Eagle
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. ? Damon McCormick took a cool stroll along local Lake Michigan shorelines and found a chilling sight: fresh bird carcasses spread along the beach.


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Resurgence of avian botulism suspected in death of birds in Northern Michigan

By REBECCA WILLIAMS ? 22 HOURS AGO


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In the last few weeks, roughly 600 birds have died along the shore of Lake Michigan. They washed up on the beaches within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, with more dead birds reported on beaches in the Upper Peninsula.

http://interlochenpublicradio.org/post/resurgence-avian-botulism-suspected-death-birds-northern-michigan