Anybody wanting to do a study of lead ingestion in eagles, due to feeding on doves killed with it, should go to Córdoba, Argentina. Within 5 minutes of beginning shooting large numbers of eagles and hawks descend upon the fields, alight on the ground around the shooters and begin feeding on the dead doves. This has probably been going on ever since dove shooting began there in earnest, at least since I first went in 2003. If there is any death in them due to lead it would be hard to comprehend. The numbers of raptors there is just phenomenal. Not only raptors but wild cats of all descriptions, iguana lizards, canines, and on and on. All eating lead killed doves. There could be no better place on earth to study lead ingestion and it's effect on raptors, reptiles, or mammals.
SRH
Last edited by Stan; 01/26/17 07:14 AM.
