tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post2626997437614744410..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Inconvenient Data On Bald EaglesPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-17532164585482618792018-04-02T10:42:23.513-04:002018-04-02T10:42:23.513-04:00There is a trend of bald eagles being found with h...There is a trend of bald eagles being found with high levels of lead in their systems, and dying from it. Two sources: Offal (gut) piles out of field dressed deer left by gun hunters who use lead for deer hunting. The offal has lead fragments that are ingested by the scavenging eagles. Second and I think a larger problem is lead weights in fishing tackle. Arizona hunters are well aware of secondary lead poisoning and have an over 90% compliance with either burying or removing offal piles when hunting. Awareness is out there of this issue. <br /><br />Karen Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602911871393351134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-67340882495564377732016-12-21T15:46:22.197-05:002016-12-21T15:46:22.197-05:00Trout Unlimited is run by Chris Wood and is worthy...Trout Unlimited is run by Chris Wood and is worthy of support. http://www.tu.org/a<br /><br />ABC, the American Bird Conservancy does more with less than Audubon. https://abcbirds.org/<br /><br />The Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is a public-use of public-lands place, that I think does good work. They are a very pro-conservation hook and bullet organization. http://www.trcp.org/<br /><br />Lots of local conservancy groups that may not seem glamorous, but which are critical to real land and riparian protection in your area. <br /><br />One group that never gets enough credit is the Fish and Wildlife Service and the local Department of Natural Resource folks. Get on their mailing lists, buy them a coffee, and write a letter to the editor reminding everyone that "THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND" and you thank these stewards for taking care of it so well.<br />PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-73685964286580040952016-12-20T17:26:52.777-05:002016-12-20T17:26:52.777-05:00What are some good conservation groups? Every grou...What are some good conservation groups? Every group I've ever joined seems to eventually become a waste of time and/or money.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06084171392385019801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-78360072821708960162016-12-19T17:50:03.621-05:002016-12-19T17:50:03.621-05:00Bald eagles mostly live on fish, same as Osprey. S...Bald eagles mostly live on fish, same as Osprey. So long as the rivers and ponds do not ice over for very long, they can do OK. They winter over in Alaska in massive numbers, hanging out at canaries and along rivers and creeks where the speed of the water prevent ice-over, and they fish the ocean as well.<br /><br />Audubon data is adjusted by obserservations per hour of observation, which weights both the number of observers and the duration. I do not think there is a geographic adjustment, but if there were it would go the other way as bald eagles are not commonly found out west far from water (they are a fishing eagle).PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-9725253614616327092016-12-19T13:26:24.802-05:002016-12-19T13:26:24.802-05:00They are common here now and you have to wonder wh...They are common here now and you have to wonder what they live on in winter.<br /><br />They are a very big bird.Lucas Machiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023964232928075848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-58160232677298755782016-12-19T09:00:20.570-05:002016-12-19T09:00:20.570-05:00Sampling (who participated in the bird count and w...Sampling (who participated in the bird count and where they lived) had no influence on the data plotted?PipedreamFarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689373141070251132noreply@blogger.com