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Bald Eagle to Be Taken Off Endangered List
Washington Post ^
| Dec. 25, 2006
| Peter Slevin
Posted on 12/25/2006 5:09:37 PM PST by digger48
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To: Farmer Dean
"In the meantime maybe 50 million people died of insect borne illness that would never have become sick if DDT had been available."
My guess is its more like a 100 million people at a minimum.
To: digger48
Just this, placed squarely in the center of a cage!
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posted on
12/25/2006 5:36:04 PM PST
by
Solamente
(Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out...)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
12/25/2006 5:40:00 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Not one of those seasonal Festivians. I practice the Airing of Grievances daily. Often on this site.)
To: digger48
So, what would be the preferred shell? #4 steel shot 10guage? If you plan on eating it. If you are looking for a trophy I suggest using a bow from a perch. Use a couple of light colored dead cats for bait.
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posted on
12/25/2006 5:42:02 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
To: driftdiver
As a child in MS, I never saw pelicans on the beach, It was all blamed on ddt. I guess maybe 10 years ago they started coming back and now all over the place. What I don't understand if ddt wiped out the pelicans eggs, why didn't it wipe out every other species of bird on the gulf coast? Like the seagulls or the skimmers or the least terns , etc.
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posted on
12/25/2006 5:42:39 PM PST
by
mosquewatch.com
(The trouble starts with an "I" and ends with a "slam".)
To: ElkGroveDan
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posted on
12/25/2006 5:46:56 PM PST
by
digger48
To: mosquewatch.com
"What I don't understand if ddt wiped out the pelicans eggs, why didn't it wipe out every other species of bird on the gulf coast? Like the seagulls or the skimmers or the least terns , etc."
The decline was more likely due to general pollution and poor wildlife management. As the environment became cleaner and management better the various birds species came back.
DDT had nothing to do with the bird problem but it was a convenient tool for those that believed over population was the greatest threat to the globe.
To: digger48
There is NOTHING more beautiful than seeing a majestic creature of God blown to pieces by a gun, lol!
In all honesty, this is a hunter's dream.. can't wait to bag one!
Sign me up for the hunt!
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posted on
12/25/2006 5:49:10 PM PST
by
TNLawyer
(Feminazis the world over can shut up now!)
To: driftdiver
I agree. I was spoonfed the ddt argument and accepted it, until I realized, that ddt does not just target the pelicans lol. I'm an enviromentalist too an extent, just not a freakin' whacko.
If it comes between my existance or the spotted owl, the owl goes.
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posted on
12/25/2006 5:52:31 PM PST
by
mosquewatch.com
(The trouble starts with an "I" and ends with a "slam".)
To: TNLawyer
"In all honesty, this is a hunter's dream.. can't wait to bag one! "
They are beautiful but they eat carrion. Not something I'm in a hurry to put on my dinner table.
To: ElkGroveDan
"Use a couple of light colored dead cats for bait."
I'm Crying over here...
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posted on
12/25/2006 5:55:35 PM PST
by
Afronaut
(Press 2 for English - Thanks Mr. President !)
To: digger48
yes, she was. The rebound in bald eagles started before the ban of ddt. Before the ban, they started more aggressive counting methods, which kept going while ddt was banned. Plus hunting was outlawed, which had more to do with their growth than DDT.
There are many things that cause eggshells to thin, and it's not always a bad thing because it makes hatching easier.
junkscience has a bunch on DDT, which some here will likely berate simply because they have an emotional attachment to the subject.
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posted on
12/25/2006 6:27:00 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(If the founding fathers were alive today, they'd be buying feathers and boiling tar.)
To: digger48
I live in Florida and the local landfill (previous b4 pc they were garbage dumps)their are many bald eagles nesting and competing with the sea gulls for food. Eagles always win.
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posted on
12/25/2006 6:56:40 PM PST
by
bikerman
To: tranzorZ
I had heard a story (can't remember the details) that one of the early proponents of DDT used to demonstrate the safety by going up on stage and drinking like a glass of water that had a bunch of DDT dissolved in it.
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posted on
12/25/2006 7:01:50 PM PST
by
djf
(The 16th amendment didn't authorize attacks on Americans)
To: djf
There is already
on the grocery shelves in Anchorage.....
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posted on
12/25/2006 7:07:29 PM PST
by
ALASKA
(IT'S NOT ROCKET SURGERY......................Don't just do something, STAND THERE!!!)
To: cardinal4
Crossing the Mississippi this afternoon, we saw many bald eagles in the trees, on the Illinois and Missouri sides. This part of the river is known as a winter eagle area, and at times you can see hundreds of them in the trees along the river..
How'd they get past me? I'm upriver near Burlington Ia. on the Il. side and haven't seen a group of them yet. They usually migrate south as it gets colder. We see large groups around the locks (18 is just a few miles from my place) The most I've seen was 87 at once by my count.
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posted on
12/25/2006 7:24:37 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
To: djf
"I had heard a story (can't remember the details) that one of the early proponents of DDT used to demonstrate the safety by going up on stage and drinking like a glass of water that had a bunch of DDT dissolved in it."
And then he laid an egg with a nice thick shell, right?
To: TNLawyer
Maybe now they will stop calling a cease-fire every time one of the bastards lands on the number boards at Perry.
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posted on
12/25/2006 7:39:01 PM PST
by
NY.SS-Bar9
(DR #1692)
To: digger48
"Was Rachel Carlson FOS about the effects of DDT on eggshells?" DDT came into prominence because of its use during WWII. The major use of DDT was after WWII. The Bald Eagle decline preceded WWII by many years. What do you think?
To: mosquewatch.com
There's a vast difference between being a conservative environmentally concious steward of natural resources and a Birkenstock clad, granola munching, tree-mating enviro-wacko that believes the three toed yellow-bellied mosquito has more rights than a nameless lump of parasitic embryonic tissue growing in a woman's womb.
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posted on
12/25/2006 7:50:12 PM PST
by
raygun
(Whenever I see U.N. blue helmets I feel like laughing and puking at the same time.)
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