A conservation group says lead poisoning killed several endangered birds last winter. The Peregrine Fund says eight California Condors died last winter in
The birds ingest lead when eating the bodies of animals shot with lead bullets. Two of the other condors that died may have been injured by a predator, and two couldn’t be recovered.
The Peregrine Fund’s condor reintroduction project said 72 condors live in an area that runs from