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Washington\u2019s Department of Energy and the Environment is investigating the deaths of three ducks found near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as a wildlife rehab group plans daily checks on the birds dwelling in the algae-bloom-filled water.<\/p>\n

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It remains unclear what killed the ducks \u2014 though bright green algae has infested the iconic landmark after President Donald Trump\u2019s recent restoration project. Forbes reported<\/u><\/span> Tuesday that the algae bloom could be cyanobacteria, which is toxic to marine birds.<\/p>\n

City Wildlife, a nonprofit animal-rehabilitation center, collected the bodies of two dead ducks on Sunday found in a nearby pond at Constitution Gardens, The Washington Post<\/u><\/span> reported. Another dead duckling was seen floating dead in the Reflecting Pool, but its body was not recovered.<\/p>\n

The rehab organization conducted necropsies \u2014 the postmortem examination of an animal\u2019s body \u2014 on the two recovered carcasses, but City Wildlife said it cannot comment on the cause of death for the waterfowl until it has the final results.<\/p>\n

\u201cCity Wildlife routinely conducts necropsies on ducks found deceased on the National Mall when the cause of death is unknown,\u201d City Wildlife wrote<\/u><\/span> in a press release Tuesday, cautioning members of the public \u201cto give the ducks plenty of space\u201d and refrain from feeding them. The group noted that most ducklings die from predators like hawks and crows, or by drowning.<\/p>\n

TMZ spotted workers installing a fence around the reflecting on Tuesday afternoon. National Guard members and police from area law-enforcement agencies have been patrolling the pool since the weekend.<\/p>\n

The Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service, confirmed<\/u><\/span> that workers poured hydrogen peroxide into the Reflecting Pool to combat algae growth last week.<\/p>\n

Interior did not comment on the city\u2019s investigation, but a department spokesperson told NOTUS that hydrogen peroxide treatment had \u201cno harmful side effects to marine life or to the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rosalina Stancheva Christova, a professor of aquatic ecology at George Mason University in Virginia, told NPR<\/u><\/span> that the algae is not in itself toxic.<\/p>\n

Christova said the algae is common during this time of year, but added that \u201cit seems that the disturbance of the pond during the renovations [is] accelerating this process.\u201d<\/p>\n

When The Atlantic<\/u><\/span> ran its own tests on the water, scientists found a type of green algae called Scenedesmus, nicknamed \u201cSkinny Dead Mouse,\u201d flourishing in the pool. The bright-green genus began to thrive after the hydrogen peroxide treatment killed off the initial blue-green cyanobacterial bloom, according to the magazine.<\/p>\n

Trump has blamed vandalism for the current condition of the Reflecting Pool, with its peeling paint and a green algae bloom wrecking his much-hyped $14 million renovation. The Trump administration awarded Atlantic Industrial Coatings a no-bid contract in April to resurface the pool with his color choice, \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Six people have been arrested and an additional seven have been cited for allegedly vandalizing or damaging the pool\u2019s new paint job, the president announced Tuesday on social media.<\/p>\n

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