"It's the largest number of dead birds [Eagles – ed] found at one location on a single day that I know of," said Glenn Therres, a former Maryland bald eagle biologist.
Probably an accident, rather than deliberate targeting of the eagle population. Likely some asshole landowner laid out a bunch of poisoned bait to off the local rabbit, fox or coyote population and the dead ones were eaten by the eagles.
Blue-Green Algae toxin and Clostridium botulinum poisoning season is in High Summer, where the water temps are way high. I don't know of anything else natural that can kill off a lot of birds.
I'm furious, of course. There's lots of baldys around now, they nest all around the islands and creeks here – but it's always a joy to see these magnificent birds and something I'll never get tired of.
Mass poisoning? Fuck these people. They were already planning to kill animals which is bad enough. Add on killing endangered species even in an accident? Disgusting.
"It's the largest number of dead birds [Eagles – ed] found at one location on a single day that I know of," said Glenn Therres, a former Maryland bald eagle biologist.
Probably an accident, rather than deliberate targeting of the eagle population. Likely some asshole landowner laid out a bunch of poisoned bait to off the local rabbit, fox or coyote population and the dead ones were eaten by the eagles.
Blue-Green Algae toxin and Clostridium botulinum poisoning season is in High Summer, where the water temps are way high. I don't know of anything else natural that can kill off a lot of birds.
I'm furious, of course. There's lots of baldys around now, they nest all around the islands and creeks here – but it's always a joy to see these magnificent birds and something I'll never get tired of.
The Eastern Shore: Maryland's South Carolina.
13 is a lot of poison bait tho. Did they find any buzzard/vulture carcasses too?
Must have been a whole cow or something, if it was poisoned bait…
Mass poisoning? Fuck these people. They were already planning to kill animals which is bad enough. Add on killing endangered species even in an accident? Disgusting.
Thanks, Obama.
I paid $1.43 per gallon of gas last night. Srsly, WTF??!? Thanks, Obama.
My neighbor has affordable health care now and didn't before. Obama is a monster.
Obama promised to get us out of all the wars and he goes and declares a War on Cancer. History's greatest Monster.
Caroline County? I blame Delaware.
Delaware! Good point.
BUILD THE DANG FENCE
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Yeah, I see enough Gadsden Snake and Stars 'n Bars stickers on huge filthy pick-up trucks here that I know it's true.
I did get yelled at in Virginia Beach for being a "Yankee", one time, because I had Maryland plates. Go figure.
You know who else hates eagles?
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Coincidence?
I grew up in NJ too and had to go all the way up to Nova Scotia to see my very first one in the wild.