Thursday, February 24, 2011

Starving Eagles ‘falling out of the sky’

When David Hancock saw the bald-eagle count on the Chehalis River drop from more than 7,000 to fewer than 400 over a few days in December, he knew a crisis was coming.
Earlier this week, news reports that starving eagles were “falling out of the sky” in the Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, confirmed his fears.
Wildlife rescue centres on the Island have reported birds growing so weak from hunger that they fall out of trees, or fly so clumsily they hit things. One crashed into a roof.
Mr. Hancock said a collapse of chum salmon runs has left British Columbia’s bald-eagle population without enough food to make it through the winter, leaving them weak from hunger and forcing thousands of birds to scavenge at garbage dumps.
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3 comments:

  1. caribou, deer, fish, birds populations go through the same cycles, build ups, die offs. it's the ones that die for strange reasons that are odd, not the boom/starve cycles

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  2. 10:09 read the article, the salmon are leaving/dying is the real reason. After 100's of years the salmon just drop off dead?

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  3. Anon Feb 24th 8.58 p.m. I thought this forum was for 'civilized comments'. You post was totally disgusting and has nothing to do with the article at all. It is just hate being spewed out on the page. as Anon 10.09 pm. states animals go through cycles. Right now we are waiting for the herring run once it arrives the eagles will be able to feed again and you won't find them dropping 'out of the sky'.

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