HI Gene

no, its the colony at Black River Riparian Forest in Renton.

And I'm not really talking about culling......at least not in this particular case. Just take down the damn nest and the tree its in. Then the eagles would move on.

Unfortunately its too late.

Susan

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From: bullockg at earthlink.netTo: susananderegg at hotmail.comSubject: Re: [Tweeters] at #$%^& starlingsDate: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:27:26 -0800



Susan,
I assume you are talking about the colony on Bainbridge Island. Unfortunately, nobody wants to consider culling Eagles.
Gene Bullock
Poulsbo

----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Anderegg
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:56 AM
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] at #$%^& starlings
Hi ya tweetsreading this particular message.............at least the part about "wildlife management", brings to mind the destruction of one native bird colony by another native bird. A colony of over 100 nests, active since 1989, was destroyed in a mere four months by one pair of birds in one nest. And that one nest was built by the native birds who were driven out of their original nest by the construction of apartment buildings placed too close to their first, presumably original, nest. And there is nothing anybody can do because the one pair of birds is a protected species. It was horrible to watch last year, as the eagles, especially the female, would go into the heron colony and go from nest to nest consuming the eggs and, later, the chicks. Every day! The heron should be gathering by now in anticipation of the nesting season to come. So far this year, they have not been back. A few come through, see no other heron there and the eagles working on their nest, and leave. Since 1989 the heron tolerated all sorts of human activity in the area surrounding their colony. And they thrived. Occasionally eagles would come in and raid a nest or two. But they were able to tolerate that. Unlike the wholesale consumption of eggs and chicks that took place every day during last years nesting season. So here we have a SINGLE pair of eagles that has destroyed a colony containing potentially over 100 PAIRS of heron. Where are they to go this year? There's hardly any suitable habitat left. Eagles are protected but are becoming like vermin (my opinion only) because their population is now stable and growing. But they are still protected, while the heron are not. Will we, in years hence, see a change in attitude toward these extremely predacious birds? "Controlling one species to help another one survive and prosper" might well be applied to native species such as eagles and heron. But it'll be too late for the heron colony that once existed at Black River Riparian Forest. Its already too late, they're gone. Susan> ------------------------------> > Message: 13> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:32:45 -0800> From: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>> Subject: RE: [Tweeters] at #$%^& starlings> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu> Message-ID: <083A181A-C411-4886-9CC3-29B26BEAC386 at comcast.net>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > Hello, tweets.> > > We are in a time, as far as I can see, where "wildlife management" > very often involves controlling one species to help another one > survive and prosper. We can all think of examples, and I suspect that > such "management" will be increasingly necessary in our ever more > disturbed world. Alternatively, we can say "who cares," and let the > world work it out for itself. I would prefer to be a bit more > proactive than that, if for no other reason than the very attractive > goal of No More Extinctions.> > > Dennis Paulson>

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