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Chat - Monday, August 3, 2009; Good Morning Cruzers!
Topic Started: Aug 3 2009, 04:23 AM (1,371 Views)
Naturegal
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Penny - Azalea is magnificent, she is in the nest right now having a rest.

http://www.wvec.com/cams/eagle.html
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I wonder where Sandie is today. Hope she found out what her "ghost" is. She's probably enjoying her new Posted Image today.
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Artsy Mom
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Even though this is not a happy story, I think everyone here is very concerned with the welfare of Eagles and other birds so I am going to post it :'( :'( :'(

US Electric company guilty of killing 232 eagles – Must pay $10.5 million

July 2009. PacifiCorp, one of the largest electric utilities in the USA, pleaded guilty to unlawfully killing golden eagles and other migratory birds. The company was ordered to pay over $10.5 million for killing eagles and other protected birds.

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PacifiCorp were charged with 34 counts of unlawfully taking golden eagles, hawks, and ravens in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. PacifiCorp has killed 232 eagles in Wyoming from January 2007 to the present day. The company, which pleaded guilty to all 34 counts, has been sentenced to pay a $510,000 criminal fine and an additional $900,000 in restitution and will spend the next five years on probation. During this period, PacifiCorp has been ordered to spend $9.1 million to repair or replace its equipment to protect migratory birds from electrocution in Wyoming.

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigation, which began in 2007, linked excessive eagle mortalities to PacifiCorp's electrical distribution and transmission facilities in six Wyoming counties. The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming filed Federal charges against the company based on this probe. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal for anyone to kill a protected bird (including eagles and other raptors) by any means without first obtaining a permit.

Avian Protection Plan to be implemented.

Until this past year, PacifiCorp had failed to use readily available measures to address bird electrocutions in Wyoming - measures that could have saved numerous eagles and other birds. Under the terms of its plea agreement, the company must implement an Avian Protection Plan for the State that will include retrofitting and modernizing its electrical distribution and transmission system to reduce eagle mortalities.

Restitution paid by the company will support research and projects to conserve golden eagles and other birds of prey in Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Conservation organizations slated to receive funding include the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Hawk Watch International, the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of Wyoming, the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, and the Murie Audubon Society of Casper, Wyoming.

Electrocution of eagles or other large birds can occur when a bird perches on the cross arm of a power pole and completes an electrical circuit by touching two energized wires or an energized wire and a ground.

1,031 eagle electrocuted in Wyoming since 1991

Avian electrocution and collision problems are not new: the first documented collision of a bird with a telegraph line occurred in 1876, and the first reported eagle electrocution on a transmission line was in 1922. Problems persist in many parts of the United States, including Wyoming, where Service special agents documented at least 1,031 eagles killed by electrocution since 1991.

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summer818
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Penny, that breaks my heart! :'( I'm all for solar power, but wind power is something that is a killer of birds. I know many birds of prey are killed by the propellers on those big wind machines. I think America should stick with solar power.

I know so many birds are electrocuted by these hight tension wires. Maybe we should go back to candles and lanterns.
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summer818,Aug 3 2009
10:49 AM
Penny, that breaks my heart! :'(    I'm all for solar power, but wind power is something that is a killer of birds.  I know many birds of prey are killed by the propellers on those big wind machines.  I think America should stick with solar power.

I know so many birds are electrocuted by these high tension wires.  Maybe we should go back to candles and lanterns.

It really is a huge dilemma with our sources of energy and their transmission :( The wind turbines are usually located along ridges exactly where birds enjoy the updrafts and soaring so there are bound to be huge numbers of mortalities from all kinds of bird species :'( :'( :'( At least the worst known offender is now paying the price :chk:
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summer818,Aug 3 2009
01:49 PM
Penny, that breaks my heart! :'( I'm all for solar power, but wind power is something that is a killer of birds. I know many birds of prey are killed by the propellers on those big wind machines. I think America should stick with solar power.

I know so many birds are electrocuted by these hight tension wires. Maybe we should go back to candles and lanterns.

The electrical lines should be buried underground instead of hung in the air like that.

I agree, we should stick to solar power instead of the wind mills. Not only are the windmills ugly but they kill to many animals.
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adklaurie,Aug 3 2009
10:31 AM
I wonder where Sandie is today. Hope she found out what her "ghost" is.

I'm pretty sure that Sandie's "ghost" IS her computer :P
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summer818
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If only we were making the decisions about power, many birds and wildlife wouldn't suffer these horrible deaths. :(
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Artsy Mom
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There was a 5.8 Earthquake near Santa Isabel in Baja Mexico that just happened :8O:
Is that the same fault as in CA?

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you are sooooo right :)^
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I love these 'on the spot' reports from Doug Carrick on Hope's first exploratory adventures :lol: This is from this morning:

8:15 am - Hope flew down to beach (only the second time I have observed this). She had spotted what appeared to be some kind of prey - a gob of seaweed. She leaped on it, clutching it with her left talon, and hopped along the beach mainly using her right foot for locomotion. She tore at the gob with her beak, appearing to be tasting it and spat it out. After several goes at this she moved on to a shallow tidal pool.

Watching the pool intently she saw a long thin fish (piece of eel grass), pulled it out, nibbled at it and spat it out. She pulled out tender lettuce-like seaweed (dulce), which is edible - but she didn't like that either.

She carried on from pool to pool, each one being a new adventure - so intent was she that not a sound was made for an hour.

9:15 am - mother came along, with food I assume, and Hope flew up squawking, more than making up for the previous hour's silence - and they flew together in the Grassy Point direction, ending up at the nest.
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Artsy Mom,Aug 3 2009
11:25 AM
There was a 5.8 Earthquake near Santa Isabel in Baja Mexico that just happened :8O:
Is that the same fault as in CA?

Vickie
you are sooooo right :)^

We have the San Andreas fault that's the big one in California. The one that's gonna give us the mega quake one of these days. :<::
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Penny - Doug's little reports are so heartwarming. It gives us such a good picture
of what goes on outside of the nest.
I took the photo below of Hope eating what Mom brought to the nest as mentioned
in Doug's report.


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a few more summer camp photos

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Dan taking a break in the hammock :<:: - ice cream night in site! - Liz (parent) making her very first fire and we all cheered her on! - one of my scouts / darn he didn't fall in!

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skeet shooting (Liz) - in the dining hall signing a song - spaghetti we cooked in site in the pouring rain!

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all but one (he went home early) :(
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summer818
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Deb, looks like you all had a fabulous time, thanks for sharing your photos!
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we did have a lot of wet time but it wasn't ever really cold! ricky raccoon only visited once and I must have really discouraged him on that visit - no repeat visits! The kids were great and had lots of fun! They are all such good kids! Already talking about 2010 camp! :o
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