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California condors may soon soar again in state’s northwest corner
The Sacramento Bee ^
| February 4th, 2017
| By Jane Braxton Little
Posted on 02/04/2017 6:16:32 PM PST by Mariner
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These are magnificent buzzards often mistake for a small airplane at a distance.
26lbs, 10 foot wingspan flying at 1000ft. They often cover more than 150miles per day looking for meat, gorging every 3-10 days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_condor
God put all the animals in our trust. We should endeavor to do the best we can.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:16:32 PM PST
by
Mariner
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:17:54 PM PST
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
To: Mariner
We have Golden Eagles, Bald Eagles and turkey buzzards a’plenty here at the Lake of the Ozarks all winter. Water is open. Fish can be found.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:20:54 PM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: dsrtsage
Yes, an enormous wind farm throughout the Altamont pass at the northern end of their natural range.
Several have been chopped up.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:24:32 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: dsrtsage
That was basically my 1st thought:
To: Mariner
We have seen them while driving up the coat those things are hugh and have series wingspans
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:27:23 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: Mariner
“condor advocates are reaching out to hunters in an education program that emphasizes the effects of lead ammunition on condors and wildlife generally”
Is this possible? How many lead bullets would it take to poison the wildlife?
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:28:56 PM PST
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: Mariner
I have a hard time believing that enough animals are carrying around lead in them, to be this big of a problem.
Evidently studies prove me wrong, but it sure seems like a stretch.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:32:24 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
To: Mariner
In their uphill battle for survival condors have struggled against habitat loss and eggshell thinning, but it is lead poisoning that poses the biggest continuing threat. Among the birds already in the wild, nine out of 10 have elevated lead levels. The primary source, scientists agree, is fragments of lead ammunition in the carrion they ingest. Unless their exposure to lead is reduced, condors are unlikely to achieve self-sufficiency. I call bullshirt.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:41:38 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
To: dsc
condor advocates are reaching out to hunters in an education program that emphasizes the effects of lead ammunition on condors and wildlife generally
Lead?
What about wind farms?
¡Ban wind farms or else! [something like that]
To: E. Pluribus Unum
scientists agreeLike global warming.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:46:25 PM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: E. Pluribus Unum
How many have actually succumbed to lead poisoning? I doubt any.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:47:58 PM PST
by
umgud
To: dsc
They are dishonestly conflating lead shot for fowl with jacketed bullets for game.
California Condors do not eat other birds. They are too small.
They eat fallen game, and it’s rare indeed to find a lead bullet in fallen game. Or Coyotes. Or any other large mammal.
If a deer dies in the woods, 10 of these guys show up from all over the place and eat it. Everything but the bones.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:50:07 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: DoughtyOne
They are being dishonest.
Condors do not eat that duck that took only 5 pellets of #8 and fell 600 yards away.
If it doesn’t weigh 40lbs and mammal, they are not interested.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:53:13 PM PST
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Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: dsc
Lead bullets do not poison the condors. This is a scam to make it hard for gun owners to shot and hunt is all.
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posted on
02/04/2017 6:55:28 PM PST
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I now nothing about hunting or condors, but yeah, that sounds specious.
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posted on
02/04/2017 7:00:29 PM PST
by
Impy
(Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
To: Mariner
I once saw a flock of buzzards consume a large dog carcass in short order. Most impressive how they ate everything so fast. Huge birds too.
To: Impy
Most road kill are, by definition, killed by vehicles.
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posted on
02/04/2017 7:06:39 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
To: Redcitizen
It’s ok as long as they don’t go to the northeast part of the state. Ground Squirrel country.
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posted on
02/04/2017 7:09:11 PM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
02/04/2017 7:18:53 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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