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US bald eagle population growth drops 6% due to lead poisoning caused by birds eating deer killed by hunter's ammunition, study finds
Daily Mail ^ | January 14, 2022 | STACY LIBERATORE

Posted on 01/14/2022 2:46:39 PM PST by LibertyWoman

A new study finds bald eagle population is dropping due to them contracting lead poisoning
The birds eat organs left behind by hunters, which contain gunshot ammunition
Experts say other animals are feasting on the remains and are being poisoned

Bald eagles may have recovered from near extinction, but the birds are now at risk of another threat - lead poisoning.

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KEYWORDS: baldeagle; banglist; chat; chatforum; dailywail; fakenews; leadpoisoning; nonsense; notnews; outdoors; smokybackroomforum
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To: Toespi

Only time I ever saw lead weights inside a fish was when some Alpha Hotel was trying to beat the scale and I’ve been fishing for 70 years. I’ve spent about five years working on head boats and a couple of years doing commercial pin hooking in the NY Bight. Seventeen of the last twenty years have been spent solely in freshwater with the same results...even with catfish.
The problem with lead shot for waterfowl comes when ducks and geese ingest pebbles to aid digestion. The lead shot may be mixed in with the stones. Exactly how big a problem that is, I have no idea. I’ll gladly leave that determination to others more knowledgeable than I.


181 posted on 01/14/2022 8:53:23 PM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets........Now, we are them.)
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To: LibertyWoman

Bulls***! There are thousands of them in Alaska, and they are increasing here in Texas. I had a bald eagle in my backyard a few weeks ago.


182 posted on 01/14/2022 9:04:49 PM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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To: gundog

But what about the other states?


183 posted on 01/14/2022 9:29:55 PM PST by thenewsblogger (Nancy from another planet.)
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To: packagingguy

Wasn’t blaming you, just making the point that their claim that ducks and geese eating the lead shot is a load of crap.

In still water with a mud bottom lead sinks at a rate of about 1 1/2 to 2 inches a day, in running water with a sandy bottom lead will sink at over a foot a day.

In both cases the lead will keep sinking until it hits an impermiable layer or bedrock.

Same reason a dredger tries to remove the overburden to get at the heavy metals sitting on bedrock.


184 posted on 01/14/2022 9:45:14 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: LibertyWoman

the truth is that they are eating the lead paint chips that flake off the wind mills-


185 posted on 01/14/2022 10:29:34 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Scrambler Bob

“What Is California?”
For Two Hundred Dollars.


186 posted on 01/14/2022 11:06:44 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Make His Paths Straight!)
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To: LibertyWoman

Paging Rachel Carson.


187 posted on 01/15/2022 1:26:54 AM PST by jmacusa (America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: LibertyWoman

and in another story covid kills the elderly in nursing homes not the govenors


188 posted on 01/15/2022 4:22:21 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: TexasGator

I was speaking of rifle rounds. Hopefully you hunt with slugs?

Buck shot can leave lead behind if you field dress.

FYI, GA is not a buckshot state. Slugs or rifles here.


189 posted on 01/15/2022 5:03:30 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Steve_Seattle

Yeah here in GA we run em all to processors.

Field dressing might make sense if you take a big buck out west. Ours here aren’t that big and you CAN get them on the 4 wheeler by yourself.


190 posted on 01/15/2022 5:21:38 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: ealgeone

The article suggests the animals are getting the lead eating the gut piles left behind. I’d say that’s a real stretch.


191 posted on 01/15/2022 7:36:40 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: marktwain

This is not science. It is pure advocacy.


The very Same B.S. they shoved down our throats with the introduction of California condors on the Kaibab.


192 posted on 01/15/2022 11:47:03 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights .........It is the LAW. )
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To: BBB333
"The Growth — expansion of population — is expected to be 100 more Bald Eagles this year than last year. Unfortunately the new amount of Bald Eagles is only 94 — Hence a drop of 6% in ‘growth.’"

It's the same manipulation of data the left uses in appropriations. Baseline budgeting guarantees virtually every federal program will get an increased budget every single year. When a program is slated to grow by 5% and a republican dares to propose it only increase by 3%, the media and dems will raise hell about the proposed, "2% cut."

193 posted on 01/15/2022 11:52:48 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: 3RIVRS

Lead bird shot is illegal been replaced with steel or bismuth rifle ammo is still lead core.


194 posted on 01/16/2022 5:23:29 AM PST by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: Nebr FAL owner

No, lead shot is federally prohibited for waterfowl and some other migratory birds.
Some states may have banned lead shot/ bullets for hunting completely but not many. CA.


195 posted on 01/16/2022 6:59:00 AM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

The growth in the eagle population was six less than the year before. Growth, not population. No one knows the number of birds killed by turbines, nor of eagles, but it's far more than 6. In a 2013 study, agency biologists found that the number of eagles killed by wind turbines increased to 24 in 2011 from two in 2007. During the study period, the agency documented 85 eagles that had been killed by wind turbines. And that's nearly a decade ago.

196 posted on 01/16/2022 8:26:43 AM PST by SJackson (I just think COVID is God's gift to the left, Jane Fonda)
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To: LibertyWoman

Bull shit

The best course for America is to eradicate the pro UK loyalists among us who insist on no guns

Anti Gun is AntiAmerica and such people are American enemies be they Black or white


197 posted on 01/16/2022 8:46:11 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) California needs Zorro to destroy the neoNobility corruption)
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To: LibertyWoman

W have more bald eagles in my area than ever. It’s routine to see them flying.


198 posted on 01/16/2022 8:48:30 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Rufii
Organs left behind by hunters?

It's normal to gut them and leave the gut pile in the woods.....

199 posted on 01/16/2022 10:14:57 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: gundog
That's lead shot for hunting waterfowl.

Each state has their own laws. Here in Michigan, lead shot is only illegal for waterfowl.

200 posted on 01/16/2022 10:21:31 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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