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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed they received 2 dormant birds from Pacific Gas & Electric for evaluation, aft respective birds were recovered dormant successful a Bay Area vicinity nether mysterious circumstances.
Max Bolling lives successful the Richmond vicinity wherever the birds person been found. He said that during 1 play successful February, helium and his member recovered 5 dormant birds nether powerfulness lines. Since then, Max said helium has personally seen 20 dormant birds.
"We kinda were reasoning backmost and it's astir apt been adjacent to 50 betwixt america and each of the neighbors betwixt this rod and the rod implicit there," Max said.
Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said 1 of the birds they evaluated was a European Starling and the different was a Mourning Dove.
The 2 birds turned successful by PG&E aren't the lone ones to crook up dormant successful the neighborhood. Fish and Wildlife officials said they person received pictures of birds that showed signs of trauma. They said the trauma looks similar it could person been caused by a pellet gun, a BB gun, oregon a slingshot.
While the birds were collected by PG&E, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said they didn't amusement signs of electrocution but radical successful the vicinity accidental they judge that's what's happening.
Jeremy Hoehner Haele said, "My dad's been seeing them, he's been seeing a batch much than I have. Actually he's seen them similar look to beryllium fried connected the ligament themselves similar he's said he's seen that a mates times."
PG&E released a connection to CBS News Bay Area saying:
"We admit the interest of our customers successful Richmond astir the caller bid of vertebrate deaths. We person asked the California Department of Fish & Wildlife to measure 2 of the vertebrate corpses. They person shared that the birds amusement nary grounds of electrocution, and that their deaths were caused by trauma, perchance from a pellet oregon BB weapon oregon a slingshot. PG&E does not judge that determination was an contented with our electrical instrumentality and agrees that these birds were not electrocuted. Neighbors person asked the Contra County Sheriff's Office to look into this situation. The rod astatine contented is compliant with avian harmless guidance, arsenic established by the Avian Powerline Interaction Committee."
Fish and Wildlife officials are inactive investigating what is sidesplitting the birds successful this Richmond neighborhood.
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