Tragic...Bald Eagles

[Tracker1]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">&quot;someone may have sprayed a new chemical on a field that adversely affected the birds. Or someone may have used poison to kill rodents; if the rodents died outdoors and the eagles consumed their carcasses, the birds could get sick too.&quot;

Probably the answer right there. Bee colonies were dying in large numbers and we are learning that new chemicals used in agriculture may be the cause. Some farmer probably put D-Con in a chicken coop to kill rats and the eagles ate the dead rats. </div></div>

HUMANS: Every day finding new and wonderful ways to f#$k things up.

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">&quot;someone may have sprayed a new chemical on a field that adversely affected the birds. Or someone may have used poison to kill rodents; if the rodents died outdoors and the eagles consumed their carcasses, the birds could get sick too.&quot;

Probably the answer right there. Bee colonies were dying in large numbers and we are learning that new chemicals used in agriculture may be the cause. Some farmer probably put D-Con in a chicken coop to kill rats and the eagles ate the dead rats. </div></div>

HUMANS: Every day finding new and wonderful ways to f#$k things up. </div></div>

The law of unintended consequences.