- Date
- 2010-10
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeconservationenvironmentsciencepublic-servicecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 2010 Beacon reported dead birds on Beaver Island beaches and a concern that avian botulism could return. It asked residents to report species and numbers and to handle remains safely while DNRE activity was monitored.
Evidence limits
The article records concern and guidance, not a confirmed Beaver Island outbreak or a complete mortality and necropsy dataset.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2010, "Avian Botulism May Arrive."Reports dead loons, mergansers, and gulls, cites DNRE biologist Tom Cooley on regional avian-botulism activity, and asks residents to report species and counts and safely bury or bag remains. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the monitoring notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island monitors dead birds for a possible avian-botulism outbreak, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-avian-botulism-monitoring-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2010, "Avian Botulism May Arrive." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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