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« Gun Violence | Main | Thug Culture and "Stop Snitching" »

Eagle deaths: an interesting contrast

Posted by David Hardy · 16 July 2017 05:11 PM

"Bald Eagle Threat: Lead Ammo Left Behind by Hunters". In New York, "Nine bald eagles were confirmed as lead-poisoning deaths in 2016, and seven so far this year."

"Trump Inflates Wind Turbine Eagle Deaths." "Smallwood says about 100 eagles die each year [in California] due to impacts with the spinning blades on windmills." "By the way, bald eagle deaths appear to be rare. Also, as a species, there is less concern because their population, about 70,000, is growing, while the population of golden eagles, about 20,000, is at best holding steady and could be declining."

When worked at Interior, a quarter century ago, I was told that bird deaths due to wind farms were massive, but orders were to do and say nothing, because wind power was fashionable. Hmmmm...

4 Comments | Leave a comment

John | July 17, 2017 5:00 AM | Reply

I read the lead ammo article. i wonder if it's true, or if it's another anti-gun, anti-hunting conspiracy.

Are there natural sources of lead eagles might ingest?

Anonymous | July 17, 2017 9:21 AM | Reply

Common Vultures- lead poisoning deaths?
See them on gut piles around here.

Brandon Combs | July 17, 2017 7:21 PM | Reply

I used to volunteer in wildlife rehab. I focused on raptors. "Green" energy systems killed and still kill a lot of birds. I could easily imagine that "green" energy kills more birds in a year than does lead poisoning, perhaps ever.

JaimeRoberto | July 19, 2017 1:43 PM | Reply

I live in the shadow of one of the large wind power areas in CA. The state forced the windmill owners to replace their smaller, faster rotating windmills with larger, slower windmills, which apparently are better for the birds due to their slow speeds. It might be true that there are few bald eagle deaths at the blades of windmills, because there are few bald eagles in CA to begin with.

I have hunted in a part of the state where lead bullets are banned in order to protect the condors which feed on the gut piles. I've been told that a single bullet is enough to poison a condor. I'd be curious to know if that is true.

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