Hunting Bald Eagles proposed by US Fish & Wildlife Service
US Fish and Wildlife Services August 29, 2007
Division of Migratory Bird Management
4401 N. Fairfax Drive
MBSP-4107
Arlington, Virginia 22203
Re: RIN 1018-AV11
Taking the Bald Eagle off the protected or endangered list may be one thing, but issuing permits for hunting our bird is just plain abhorrent. Please cancel all plans to issue permits to “take” the Bald Eagle.
The minute you issue these permits every Native American will seek a feather, and so will many others. You must know that. This is indeed a sacred bird; it is our National Icon, our very soul in flight. Every Thursday when I pledge allegiants to the flag at Rotary luncheon a gold plated Bald Eagle sits atop the flag; with luck, one flies past our window.
When we made the decision to plunk down our life’s savings to buy our timbered hillside overlooking the bay, it was a Bald Eagle that glided past us on a rising thermal that made our decision final. There is a nest in the tree just down the hill now. These nests are protected here in Alaska. We have experts who come here and talk to us about these magnificent bird. Some think that people feeding these birds causes an over population, but that is not true. The birds communicate from afar and they fly great distances to gather -- for a grunion run or some such concentration of fish in a shallow river, but their nest is far away to which they return. If you worry about an over population, restrict the feeding of eagles by humans, but even if you don’t they will all go home when the human feeding stops.
I cannot imagine that there are so many birds down there as to pose a nuisance. Do you know these birds mate for life? They raise their young for 4 years before their head and tail turns white. They scavenge the mice and rats that will abound with climate change. These Bald Eagles are a National Treasure, a sacred honor that our soldiers in Iraq are dying for. Did you make this proposal bureaucratically for the revenue? Or was this the Vice-President’s idea of hunting. Perhaps you should go hunting with him. Sorry, I’m angry!
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/baea_bgepa_pruleFR05june07.pdf September 4 is the deadline for comments.
Division of Migratory Bird Management
4401 N. Fairfax Drive
MBSP-4107
Arlington, Virginia 22203
Re: RIN 1018-AV11
Taking the Bald Eagle off the protected or endangered list may be one thing, but issuing permits for hunting our bird is just plain abhorrent. Please cancel all plans to issue permits to “take” the Bald Eagle.
The minute you issue these permits every Native American will seek a feather, and so will many others. You must know that. This is indeed a sacred bird; it is our National Icon, our very soul in flight. Every Thursday when I pledge allegiants to the flag at Rotary luncheon a gold plated Bald Eagle sits atop the flag; with luck, one flies past our window.
When we made the decision to plunk down our life’s savings to buy our timbered hillside overlooking the bay, it was a Bald Eagle that glided past us on a rising thermal that made our decision final. There is a nest in the tree just down the hill now. These nests are protected here in Alaska. We have experts who come here and talk to us about these magnificent bird. Some think that people feeding these birds causes an over population, but that is not true. The birds communicate from afar and they fly great distances to gather -- for a grunion run or some such concentration of fish in a shallow river, but their nest is far away to which they return. If you worry about an over population, restrict the feeding of eagles by humans, but even if you don’t they will all go home when the human feeding stops.
I cannot imagine that there are so many birds down there as to pose a nuisance. Do you know these birds mate for life? They raise their young for 4 years before their head and tail turns white. They scavenge the mice and rats that will abound with climate change. These Bald Eagles are a National Treasure, a sacred honor that our soldiers in Iraq are dying for. Did you make this proposal bureaucratically for the revenue? Or was this the Vice-President’s idea of hunting. Perhaps you should go hunting with him. Sorry, I’m angry!
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/baea_bgepa_pruleFR05june07.pdf September 4 is the deadline for comments.
posted by Clancy Hughes | 8/29/2007 03:50:00 PM
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