Reuters is reporting that authorities are investigating the deaths of 13 bald eagles discovered on a Maryland farm in the state’s largest die-off of the national bird in 30 years.
Maryland Natural Resources police received a call on Saturday from a man reporting four dead eagles near Federalsburg in the eastern part of the state, said spokeswoman Candy Thomson. Officers arrived and discovered nine more dead birds nearby.
Catherine Hibbard, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is investigating the deaths, said the cause of death was unknown pending a medical examination.
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