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Article: BE AN ANGEL, DON'T FEED BIRDS.(City/Region)(A steady bread diet can deform waterfowl wings)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- December 11, 2008
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Byline: Shelby Martin The Register-Guard
When Pat Phillips' grandchildren were visiting for Christmas, she decided to take them out for one of Eugene's favorite activities: walking around Alton Baker Park and tossing bread scraps to the resident ducks and geese.
They had just arrived at the park when her husband read a sign posted by the water's edge.
"It was so sad," Phillips said. "We had already thrown some bread crumbs, but we took the rest of the bread back to the car."
The new sign in Alton Baker Park explains the prevalence of so-called "angel wing," a condition marked by a deformed wing and spindly feathers that poke out at ...