Solved: Dead Birds Mystery In Dacono (CO) (2nd poisoning by USDA)

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http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/Solved_Dead_Birds_Mystery_In_Dacono_114319109.html

The curious mystery of why dozens of black birds turned up dead Wednesday on the lot of a front range Ford dealer has been solved.

“We did an application of pesticides to control starlings in that area,” explained Michael Yeary, State Director of Wildlife Services for APHIS, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Yeary said his crew responded to a complaint from a dairy some four to five miles from the car dealership.

Apparently a flock of starling, estimated at 3,000 birds, was consuming feed at the dairy and contaminating the area with droppings.

“This is rather common actually,” said Colorado Division of Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill.

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