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Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	Not to change subject BUT.....
Date:	6/28/2007 11:02:16 AM

..the Bald Eagle is coming off the endangered species list today. Numbers have almost tripled since the ban of DDT which caused softening of the eggshells.

URL: SF Chronicle article

Name:	CAT BOAT -	Reply
Subject:	Cool
Date:	6/28/2007 12:42:27 PM

Name:	Osms -	Reply
Subject:	Not to change subject BUT.....
Date:	6/28/2007 1:55:06 PM

Saw one fly low right in front of our house the other day and light in our neighbors tree. BIG BIRD

Name:	Chevy4x4 -	Reply
Subject:	great news!
Date:	6/28/2007 2:14:13 PM

Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	Not to change subject BUT.....
Date:	6/28/2007 4:33:17 PM

>>numbers have tripled since.....<< ....faulty math here....the numbers have actually increased twenty-fold....from a little over 400 breeding pair in 1967 to over 10,000 currently in U.S mainland........

Name:	CAT BOAT -	Reply
Subject:	OOPS
Date:	6/28/2007 4:35:20 PM

Name:	Lakeman -	Reply
Subject:	Not to change subject BUT.....
Date:	6/28/2007 10:28:28 PM

I wonder how they counted the breeding pairs. Count their feet and divide by four?

Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	Not to change subject BUT.....
Date:	6/29/2007 7:35:29 AM

This could be a risky way of counting. What do you conclude if the total number of feet is NOT divisible by 4? Remainder of 2? or worse yet a remainder of 3? :)

Name:	Lakeman -	Reply
Subject:	Not to change subject BUT.....
Date:	6/29/2007 8:56:54 AM

LOL. Now remember, we are counting breeding pairs. I could only conclude that due to some deformity some bird/birds had more than two feet or , heaven forbid, some bird got left out because there weren't enough of each gender to go around. In my neck of the woods there would have been one heck of a fight.

Here is another thought. I understand that it is against the law to shoot them. While being on the " endangered species list ", does it mean it is " double " against the law to shoot them? It would seem that to be on a full time protected list would be more sensible. Like buzzards and crows.

Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	Not to change subject BUT.....
Date:	6/29/2007 10:31:49 AM

...or maybe that DDT did more than soften eggshells!....I agree that it would better to leave them on the endangered list....some might consider anything not on the list to be fair game...horrendous thought....

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