Two North Country bald eagles die of lead poisoning

Two bald eagles died in the North Country this spring after being poisoned with lead. That’s according to a wildlife rehabilitation group in the Lake George area. This comes at a time when there’s a fierce debate over sportsmen’s use of lead ammunition and lead fishing tackle. "She didn't even survive overnight." Trish Marki has been a wildlife rehabilitator with North Country Wild Care for more than a decade. She’s federally licensed to handle bald eagles. Last month, she got the call about a bird that looked sick in Washington County. "There were some fishermen who had gone to a DEC fishing site on the Battenkill. They saw this eagle on the ground that had been sitting there for a while, not moving," Marki said. "Two days later, we got a call for another one up on Glen Lake in Warren County." State wildlife biologists later tested both eagles and found that they were poisoned with lead. For years, biologists have warned that sportsmen are introducing too much lead into the