Members Fishin Maniac Posted January 8, 2007 Members Posted January 8, 2007 Just floated the JF and came accross an injured Bald Eagle about 1-2 miles below the teachers resort. He couldn't fly. Tried to call ONSR and got a taped message. The eagle would appreciate it if someone could send him some help. He was with a Female and a juvenile male.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted January 8, 2007 Root Admin Posted January 8, 2007 Sent an email to Dave Mayers, MDC. Hopefully we'll get someone on it soon. Thanks for posting it.
Members Fishin Maniac Posted January 9, 2007 Author Members Posted January 9, 2007 Thank You!!! I have pictures and video if anyone wants me to e-mail them.
shawncat Posted January 9, 2007 Posted January 9, 2007 Maybe the World Bird Sanctuary at 636-225-4390 can help.
bikehikefish Posted January 9, 2007 Posted January 9, 2007 Last night I forwarded your post to the World Bird Sanctuary in Stl.
polock Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 so was the bird left for dead or does anyone know if it was saved or not
MOFishwater Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 i know various folks, myself included, have sent emails to MDC and World Bird Sanct. I didnt get a response from any of them, so I shot an email to the Audubon Society based in that area, still no reply. Maybe nobody cares about them anymore? Seems like a shame to me, but I was raised on the belief that they were on the verge of extinction...guess its just natural selection at work. At least there's a juvenile in the nest I guess.
polock Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 the way all the conservation people ignored this rags me off.. reminds me of something that happened to me bout 6-7 years ago we were up at our river cabin, and noticed a deer standing in the lower lot, was strange cause we were outside bangin around mowing, getting ready to go out for a boat ride. one of the guys started walking towards it very very slowly and ended up getting within say 10' of the deer before it just kinda walked off.. well a little later some of the others got in from a 4wheeler ride and said they saw a deer in the field right next to the cabin, didn't run or anything.. so a few of us went down there. we all stood back and my same buddy that approached it before, tried again,,, he walked within 20' then got on all 4's and barely krept up to the deer, he took some peanut butter crackers with him and when he in reach of the deer he slowly handed it some crackers... the deer was eating from his hand.. he then inched up even more to where he could pet the deer. he then stood up, the deer still standing there letting him pet it.. so he stayed there and one at a time we all walked slowly up to the deer and pet it and fed it. we all knew something wasn't right... this was a young yearling deer, and was either really sick or was a pet and was still tame. so we called our local conservation office. told them the story, there response was this.. do you have a gun??? we said no at that time we didn't, the guy then said.. well it let you walk up and slit its throat??? we said yeah but we were not going to.. this was on a saturday mind you. had to get his home number from the sherriff's dept. the guy had no intention of trying to help the deer. rather than that, he wanted us to kill it. not bring it in afterwards or anything, just keep the meat and don't bug him again. didn't ever strike me the right way.. always thought if you got into conservation it was to protect and serve the wildlife as well as enforce the regulations.. not sit on your butt on a sat afternoon. the deer sure did taste great. was super tender...j/j we all got to feed and pet the deer, got a few pics with it, and left it alone.. it didn't follow us back to the cabin, but it did hang in the field for a few more hours before finally going on. looked completely healthy and had a good appetite so who knows. probably someones pet that turned into deer sausage the next deer season
Greg Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 I think maybe the problem is that I'm pretty sure I've read that eagles are NOT on the endangered list anymore. I think their #'s have been on the rise for quite some time now. It's still a shame though if that individual bird didn't receive any aid. They are magnificent. Greg "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell
shawncat Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 Yea, Polock you did the right thing.Probably someones pet.Wished we would have got some word on that eagle.Maniac you did good too, would have felt good if we could have made a diffrence sitting at our computors.Maybe we all should E-mail and call inquiring about what action was taken if any?I'm not suggesting bashing a helpful group but maybe we could figure out where to call,e-mail next time?I was on the White this past weekend and saw two of them ,Awsome.When's the last time you seen one with someone and did'nt comment on it?????
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