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[β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago (1 child) You can use steel shot permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 months ago (4 children) The US banned lead birdshot in 1991. Are they eating squirrels? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] NoDignity@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (2 children) Eagles will eat just about anything they physically can so probably lots of squirrels, rabbits, smaller possums and raccoons but also eagles will sometimes eat carrion so I could certainly imagine they sometimes get this off something like a deer carcass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (2 children) I was trying to think of what is getting shot with lead but still getting away. I just spent however long reading about wound rates for deer. Which is low, but yeah. One thing I wonder is if it has anything to do with the amount of fish they would be eating. No other north American raptor eats fish like bald eagles do that I can think of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Itβs lead shot California condors went extinct in the wild because of lead poisoning from birdshot but they bred some in captivity and reintroduced them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 point 5 months ago I thought that was due to johnny cash permalink fedilink source parent [β] rayyy@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago I mentioned above that varmints are often shot with lead bullets and left in the field, however fishermen use lead sinkers that fish and ducks ingest then eagles eat them. Eagles are extremely sensitive to lead poisoning and other poisons like DDT. There is a push to change that with alternative less toxic materials. permalink fedilink source parent [β] percent@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago IIRC, some bald eagles were found with neurological issues caused by nicotine from cigarette butts too. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago People still use lead target shells all the time permalink fedilink source parent [β] rayyy@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago Birdshot is only banned for migratory bird hunting. Many landowners shoot woodchucks with rifles because they dig holes that livestock step in and break their legs, also the holes cause problems with equipment - they most often use lead bullets and leave the carcasses for the wildlife to dispose of. Some have switched to green ammunition but few have. We need to raise awareness for the need to switch to non-toxic ammunition. Maybe a bill that subsidies green ammunition with a small tax on lead ammunition could help. permalink fedilink source parent [β] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 point 5 months ago Ungulates and rodents, mostly. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 months ago (4 children) The US banned lead birdshot in 1991. Are they eating squirrels? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] NoDignity@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (2 children) Eagles will eat just about anything they physically can so probably lots of squirrels, rabbits, smaller possums and raccoons but also eagles will sometimes eat carrion so I could certainly imagine they sometimes get this off something like a deer carcass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (2 children) I was trying to think of what is getting shot with lead but still getting away. I just spent however long reading about wound rates for deer. Which is low, but yeah. One thing I wonder is if it has anything to do with the amount of fish they would be eating. No other north American raptor eats fish like bald eagles do that I can think of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Itβs lead shot California condors went extinct in the wild because of lead poisoning from birdshot but they bred some in captivity and reintroduced them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 point 5 months ago I thought that was due to johnny cash permalink fedilink source parent [β] rayyy@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago I mentioned above that varmints are often shot with lead bullets and left in the field, however fishermen use lead sinkers that fish and ducks ingest then eagles eat them. Eagles are extremely sensitive to lead poisoning and other poisons like DDT. There is a push to change that with alternative less toxic materials. permalink fedilink source parent [β] percent@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago IIRC, some bald eagles were found with neurological issues caused by nicotine from cigarette butts too. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago People still use lead target shells all the time permalink fedilink source parent [β] rayyy@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago Birdshot is only banned for migratory bird hunting. Many landowners shoot woodchucks with rifles because they dig holes that livestock step in and break their legs, also the holes cause problems with equipment - they most often use lead bullets and leave the carcasses for the wildlife to dispose of. Some have switched to green ammunition but few have. We need to raise awareness for the need to switch to non-toxic ammunition. Maybe a bill that subsidies green ammunition with a small tax on lead ammunition could help. permalink fedilink source parent [β] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 point 5 months ago Ungulates and rodents, mostly. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] NoDignity@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (2 children) Eagles will eat just about anything they physically can so probably lots of squirrels, rabbits, smaller possums and raccoons but also eagles will sometimes eat carrion so I could certainly imagine they sometimes get this off something like a deer carcass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (2 children) I was trying to think of what is getting shot with lead but still getting away. I just spent however long reading about wound rates for deer. Which is low, but yeah. One thing I wonder is if it has anything to do with the amount of fish they would be eating. No other north American raptor eats fish like bald eagles do that I can think of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Itβs lead shot California condors went extinct in the wild because of lead poisoning from birdshot but they bred some in captivity and reintroduced them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 point 5 months ago I thought that was due to johnny cash permalink fedilink source parent [β] rayyy@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago I mentioned above that varmints are often shot with lead bullets and left in the field, however fishermen use lead sinkers that fish and ducks ingest then eagles eat them. Eagles are extremely sensitive to lead poisoning and other poisons like DDT. There is a push to change that with alternative less toxic materials. permalink fedilink source parent [β] percent@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago IIRC, some bald eagles were found with neurological issues caused by nicotine from cigarette butts too. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (2 children) I was trying to think of what is getting shot with lead but still getting away. I just spent however long reading about wound rates for deer. Which is low, but yeah. One thing I wonder is if it has anything to do with the amount of fish they would be eating. No other north American raptor eats fish like bald eagles do that I can think of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Itβs lead shot California condors went extinct in the wild because of lead poisoning from birdshot but they bred some in captivity and reintroduced them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 point 5 months ago I thought that was due to johnny cash permalink fedilink source parent [β] rayyy@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago I mentioned above that varmints are often shot with lead bullets and left in the field, however fishermen use lead sinkers that fish and ducks ingest then eagles eat them. Eagles are extremely sensitive to lead poisoning and other poisons like DDT. There is a push to change that with alternative less toxic materials. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Itβs lead shot California condors went extinct in the wild because of lead poisoning from birdshot but they bred some in captivity and reintroduced them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 point 5 months ago I thought that was due to johnny cash permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 point 5 months ago I thought that was due to johnny cash permalink fedilink source parent
[β] rayyy@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago I mentioned above that varmints are often shot with lead bullets and left in the field, however fishermen use lead sinkers that fish and ducks ingest then eagles eat them. Eagles are extremely sensitive to lead poisoning and other poisons like DDT. There is a push to change that with alternative less toxic materials. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] percent@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago IIRC, some bald eagles were found with neurological issues caused by nicotine from cigarette butts too. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago People still use lead target shells all the time permalink fedilink source parent
[β] rayyy@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago Birdshot is only banned for migratory bird hunting. Many landowners shoot woodchucks with rifles because they dig holes that livestock step in and break their legs, also the holes cause problems with equipment - they most often use lead bullets and leave the carcasses for the wildlife to dispose of. Some have switched to green ammunition but few have. We need to raise awareness for the need to switch to non-toxic ammunition. Maybe a bill that subsidies green ammunition with a small tax on lead ammunition could help. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 point 5 months ago Ungulates and rodents, mostly. permalink fedilink source parent