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| Wednesday, September 13, 2006; Update Day!!! | |
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| Troth | Sep 13 2006, 12:20 PM Post #16 |
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Well, I went to the Animal Planet Hero of the Year Award site and the contest is over and they are picking the finalists. Sad thing is they have not contacted Peter Sharpe yet regarding the entries. So it is not looking good but I am keeping the faith and have crossed everything that I can possibly cross that they will be contacting him soon. I WANT HIM TO WIN!!!! :angry:
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| Patti | Sep 13 2006, 12:24 PM Post #17 |
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Hi Teri, that's funny because I checked the Animal Planet site a few days ago. There's still time--I sure hope he's nominated. |
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| Troth | Sep 13 2006, 12:35 PM Post #18 |
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When I went in today the rules say that they will be contacting the nominees by Sep 8th. It is the 13th and no one has contacted him yet so I am hoping that it is a slow process and they just have not gotten to him yet. I so so hope he gets nominated. Postive thoughts, people!!! |
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| Eagle Duo | Sep 13 2006, 12:45 PM Post #19 |
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The nominations are closed, but the voting hasn't started yet. Voting starts on September 25. Looks like they're gonna keep us in suspense until then. In the meanwhile, check out this video of the guy painting the bald eagle on a hand. Warning: you do have to put up with a short commercial first. http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/he...lery/eagle.html |
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| Patti | Sep 13 2006, 12:46 PM Post #20 |
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Darn--I read the rules some weeks ago, and as usual, have forgotten them. Maybe Peter knows and wants to surprise us? That's one way to look at it.
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| Nancy | Sep 13 2006, 12:53 PM Post #21 |
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Hello everyone and glad to see all is well. Unfortunately for me I held out as long as I could without calling the doctor. Left work today and must stay home for a couple of days. The voice will not return for 2 weeks and the sinuses, well let's say I'm totally messed up. Taking antibiotics and cough syrup with codeine since I haven't slept in days. Certainly hope I will be on the mend...thought I was before but not so. Great photos....Patti you don't look like our feathered friends. I love your hair it looks like it has wonderful curl and body. Cute kids Elaine as usual wonderful pictures of grandkids. I'm purchasing a new digital camera in anticipation of the birth of my granddaughter in January. It will take me that long to figure out how to use the thing! Then a posting I will go Take care everyone you guys are great with keeping the forum going on a daily basis. |
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| Eagle Duo | Sep 13 2006, 01:10 PM Post #22 |
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Sorry to hear you're feeling so bad, Nancy. Hope you're able to get some sleep and get better quickly with the meds! |
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| peppermint | Sep 13 2006, 01:32 PM Post #23 |
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Nancy: sorry to hear you're so sick. That codeine cough syrup will certainly give you the rest you need...I always feel like I have a hang over the next morning after I take that stuff...but it does help to rest the cough. I get to work at HOME today...yippppeeee!!!!! I saw an interesting Animal Planet show yesterday during my lunch around 1pm. A young man and woman were somewhere in Japan in the dead of winter...at least it seemed that way...on a photo shoot and got some amazing footage of some apes. I had no idea there were apes living anywhere near snow!!! They were in a natural hot springs pool area that is maintained by the locals for the apes because they were finding them in their own spas. Actually, it was only the females and young apes in the water. The adult males were out around the perimeter....guarding the territory?? They aren't quite sure why the males were not included. What do you think ladies?? They also had some footage of some eagles....Stellar Eagles, I think is what they said. Black heads, white tails, and some white on the "shoulders" of the wings. The fishermen make holes in the ice so the eagles can still find food in winter and also augment their food supply. The eagle population had dwindled due to overfishing and the fishermen are helping to bring it back...successfully. Pretty cool...at least that's what I think I heard from it all...I was bustling around the house doing stuff while listening. There were other shots of cranes, etc but I couldn't catch the whole program. Anyway....highly recommend this program if you happen to catch it. Animal Planet seems to show the same programs more than once during the week....I think? |
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| Eagle Duo | Sep 13 2006, 02:10 PM Post #24 |
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Thanks for the info, Patti. Gonna go look for it and GoodSearch Stellar Eagles to find out more about them. I'm doing more research and learning more with GoodSearch than I ever did in school! Speaking of Animal Planet, I saw an interesting show yesterday on Wildlife Journal on endangered animals in North America. It's main focus was on jaguars returning to North America, but they had a whole segment about half way thru the program on bald eagle restoration that was quite good. I also found a program coming on next Monday (Sept. 18) about bald eagles if anyone is interested. It's also on Animal Planet at 6am where we are. I don't know how it might differ timewise in different areas. It's called "Champions of the Wild - Bald Eagles". I already have TIVO set to record it here! |
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| Patti | Sep 13 2006, 02:12 PM Post #25 |
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I knew Stellar's eagle rang a BIG bell. This is off the IWS website, but the links inserted in the article cannot be acitvated in this copy. Go to IWS, click on Species, click on Birds: Steller's Sea Eagle The Steller’s sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) is a relative of the bald eagle and breeds only on the eastern coast of Russia. It is one of the largest eagle species in the world, weighing between 14 - 19 pounds. Adults are characterized by a large yellow beak, and distinctive black and white plumage . Juveniles have a dark beak and brown mottled plumage . STUDIES IN RUSSIA Starting in 1993 the Institute became involved in conservation issues with Steller’s sea eagles in Russia. IWS staff and Dr. Michael McGrady traveled to city of Magadan on the eastern coast of Russia. There we met with our Russian colleagues from the Magadan State Reserve and went by boat to survey small islands and coastal areas in the Tauy Bay and on the Koni Peninsula for sea eagles. When nest sites were located we attempted to climb the trees or cliff nest sites to collect biological data on the eaglets. On the Kava and Chelomzhe Rivers east of Magadan we used ultralight aircraft to survey the rivers for nesting eagles. It was an excellent (and exciting!) method of both locating nests and determining the number of eaglets present in each nest. Of 28 territories visited, 18 were active and produced 1.16 chicks/nest. Subsequent efforts from 1993 through 1998 provided for coverage of 1,852 km of coastline and 1,154 km of rivers where a total of 274 nests were identified. In 2000, another trip to Russia was funded by The Trust for Mutual Understanding to place backpack-mounted telemetry transmitters on nestling Steller’s sea eagles to document their movements. It was also hoped that these transmitters would help in detecting the birds if they migrated to Hokkaido, Japan to spend the winter. The telemetry transmitters, donated by Communications Specialists, Inc., were designed to function for approximately four years thus allowing long-term follow-up of the birds. Three of the young eagles were detected in Hokkaido, Japan during the winter of 2000/2001, two of which were later found dead of lead poisoning (see Japan project summary for details). In August 2002 another trip was made to Russia by our colleagues in Japan to place additional transmitters on nestling eagles to provide a greater understanding of long ranges movements by yearling Steller’s sea eagles. Furthermore, we are seeking to better understand how these young sea eagles might be threatened by the lead poisoning problems discovered in Japan. STUDIES IN JAPAN In 1993 IWS staff were invited to Japan to participate in discussion on the biology of Steller’s sea eagles and to help comment in public forums on the increased incidence of lead poisoning in winter Steller’s sea eagles. Dr. Keisuke Saito, wildlife veterinarian at the Kushiro Wildlife Center in Hokkaido, Japan presented us with data on the number of Steller’s and white-tailed sea eagles that had been recovered dead or dying from lead poisoning . Between 1994 and 2000, Dr. Saito and his colleagues have encountered 72 of these eagles that have been confirmed to have been poisoned by lead. Lead poisoning in bald eagles in North America has most commonly been associated with their consuming waterfowl that had lead in the bodies from being shot with lead shotgun pellets. In Japan, the problem arose from eagles feeding on hunter-killed Sika deer . Because the historic food source of the wintering eagles, northern pollock, had sharply declined, the eagles began searching for alternative food sources . In Japan, the regulations do not require that hunters bring the carcasses of the animals shot out of the field. Instead, the sportsmen remove the desired meat from the carcass and leave the remains. While in some respects this would be a windfall for the scavenging eagles, the remaining meat on the carcasses can contain fragments of the lead bullets used to kill the animal. Thus, some of these eagles later succumb to lead poisoning. Due in part by lectures and press conferences that IWS staff participated in, the Japanese legislature passed a law that required hunters to use lead-free rifle bullets starting in 2000. We and our colleagues in Japan, Russia, Europe and the United States that are working on Steller’s sea eagle conservation issues applauded the Japanese legislature for taking this progressive step to help conserve these eagle species. However, the law did not apply to the use of lead slugs in shotguns and we were still concerned with the potential for eagles to be poisoned. In the winter of 2000, three of the young eagles equipped with telemetry transmitters in Russia were located in Hokkaido. Unfortunately, two of the three birds were found dead from lead poisoning. When the news of these deaths reached the mass media in Japan, the Japanese government decided to ban the use of lead slugs in shotguns as well as the previously banned lead rifle bullets. Our contribution to tracking the movements and survival of the young Steller’s sea eagles lead directly to this significant change in Japanese law. We are continuing to cooperate with Steller’s sea eagle conservation issues in Japan and are planning to assist in the capture of wintering birds to obtain a blood samples to assess the amount of lead and other contaminants in their bodies. |
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| Cockney2 | Sep 13 2006, 02:24 PM Post #26 |
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I have to celebrate...ordered my IWS t-shirt and hat yesterday and they just arrived in the mail. Talk about good service. Love the green color of the t-shirt and may decide to keep the hat for myself, instead of a birthday gift for my brother-in-law |
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| peppermint | Sep 13 2006, 02:34 PM Post #27 |
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Patti: Thanks for that report about the Stellar Eagles! I am unsure when the Animal Planet show was filmed but they all seemed pleased about the growing numbers of the eagles in the area where they were shooting. I don't believe it was a nesting area...I think it was in Japan where they migrated to feed and I think they even mentioned that...that they had come down from another area to feed there. |
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| Patti | Sep 13 2006, 02:51 PM Post #28 |
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Other Patti, I think the notecards I ordered should have a photo of a Stellar's eagle. I hope. Nancy, I forgot to tell you that I'm sorry you're still feeling so lousy. I hope you get some sleep tonight. |
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| harpo516 | Sep 13 2006, 02:52 PM Post #29 |
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Animal Planet rules say: "Finalists and corresponding Entrants will be notified on or about September 08, 2006 and will be required to execute and return, within 5 days of issuance " to respond and confirm participation - if they don't hear from them or they are not qualified, they will go to next name on the list. Wouldn't Dr. Sharpe tell us if he was contacted ?? But it does say "on or about" ...... hope, hope, hope...... |
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| Troth | Sep 13 2006, 02:56 PM Post #30 |
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I asked Peter and as of the 9th, he had not heard anything. So I am still in HOPE!!! So-o-o Peter have you heard anything?????
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