........ Bald Eagle Shot in Tennessee .............

[Fat Freddy]

A couple of days ago, these two male Bald Eagles were found on the beach near ocean Shores, WA.

They were not shot nor run over by traffic as originally assumed.

They were washed in by the tide.

They were sent to the National Wildlife Center for necropsy to see if disease or poison was responsible.

[FLGcoast]

It is nice to see that the eagle in the article survived and was rescued.

[Fat Freddy]

Originally Posted by Fat Freddy

A couple of days ago, these two male Bald Eagles were found on the beach near Ocean Shores, WA.

The report from the National Wildlife Center shows poison or disease were not responsible.

The wounds on the bodies indicate they were fighting in the air and fell into the water, drowned, and were washed in by the tide.

[gardener34]

f-in dumb***.
What is WRONG with people? The same idiots that keep shooting the whooping cranes.
I would never want to be in trouble with the feds.

[LauraC]

One eagle. Too bad the feds aren't just as concerned with solar energy plants frying thousands of birds.

New Solar Power Plants are Incinerating Birds

"All told, the facility at Ivanpah generates enough electricity to power 140,000 homes and eliminates carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 72,000 vehicles a year, according to a press release from Bright Source Energy, one of the trio of investors behind the solar plant. That sort of renewable energy source might seem like a triumph for the environment, but the same super-heated skyscrapers that generate renewable electricity are also taking a toll on wildlife in the area. According to the Associated Press, up to 28,000 birds per year might be meeting an early death after burning up in the focused beams of sunlight, with birds dying at a rate of one bird every two minutes. The burned-up birds are being dubbed "streamers," after the poof of smoke produced by the igniting birds."

http://www.weather.com/science/news/...birds-20140818

[bjh]

^^
What the? More unintended consequences.