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We found 410 dead birds collected along 196 km of power lines in four western USA states during 2019โ€“2022. We necropsied these carcasses to test conventional wisdom suggesting that electrocution is the leading cause of death of birds at electrical infrastructure. Of 175 birds with a known cause of death, 66% died from gunshot.

New York Times coverage for those who prefer that to a scientific paper.

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[โ€“] pizzaiolo 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The leading cause of bird death is animal agriculture ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] silence7 4 points 1 year ago

In particular:๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿˆ