This is from SOAR—Saving our Avian Resources, forwarded by Jane Clark.

Eagle data

Iowa wildlife rehabilitators collect data on all admitted eagles (alive and DOA). These facilities include: Black Hawk Wildlife Rehabilitation Project, MacBride Raptor Project, SOAR, and the Wildlife Care Clinic. Between September 1, 2011 and April 15, 2012:

• 44 eagles admitted
• 34 of these were lead exposure or poisoning cases as revealed through blood, liver, or bone testing
• 28 of the 34 have died

So without lead in the system - we would only have admitted 10 eagles in that same time frame.

Plus one Cooper's hawk with a #7.5 piece of lead shot in her digestive tract admitted to SOAR also died from lead poisoning in that time frame.