Links

Bird Bill Deformities - Julie Craves of Rogue River Bird Observatory has compiled historic and current records of beak deformities in passerine species.

Falcon Research Group - Bud Anderson and others are investigating a cluster of more than 100 hawks with beak deformities in Washington State. 

Washington State University - Lindsay Oaks and colleagues are conducting research on long-billed hawk syndrome.

Media Reports:

Audio Broadcasts

 Listen to the 4/21/08 KSKA broadcast interview of ASC scientist Colleen Handel on the Pacific Northwest "Long-billed syndrome" by Libby Casey, KUAC Fairbanks. (mp3 file 1,878k)

Listen to the 1/13/07 interview of ASC scientist Caroline Van Hemert on America the Wild with Shoup Shepherd.  (Click on January 13, 2007, segment 2.)

Listen to the 10/11/06 KSKA broadcast interview of ASC scientist Colleen Handel, "Birds in southern Alaska are turning up with deformed beaks" by Jay Barrett, KMXT Kodiak.

Articles

Read the 6/22/08 article, "Beak Disorder Baffles Scientists" in the Juneau Empire.

 Read the 3/31/08 article, “Deformed beaks mean slow starvation for region's birds; cause a mystery” in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

 Read the 9/07 article, “Alaskan birds at Risk: Widespread beak deformities in resident species” in American Birding.

Read the 1/11/07 article, “Biologists ask public to help with deformed bird study” in the Juneau Empire.

Read the 10/25/05 article, “Hawk bill mystery remains a mystery” in the Skagit Valley News.

Read the 1/16/05 article, “Avian ailment worries experts” in the Skagit Valley News.

Read the 6/1/04 article, “Experts remain puzzled over beak deformities in Alaska's birds” in the Anchorage Daily News.

Read the 4/6/04 article, ”Deformed beaks spotted in Southeast” in the Juneau Empire.

Read the 2/16/03 article, “Scientists look for clues to rise in bird deformities” in the Juneau Empire.

Read the 7/19/99 article, “Cause of chickadee deformities a mystery” in the Juneau Empire.

Read the Spring 1999 article, “Mysterious Bill Deformities Seen in Alaskan Chickadees” in Birdscope.