Comments on: Tracking Steller’s Sea-eagles, Part 2 http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/03/28/tracking-steller%e2%80%99s-sea-eagles-part-2/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:31:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chari Mercier http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/03/28/tracking-steller%e2%80%99s-sea-eagles-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-216938 Chari Mercier Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:13:50 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/tracking-steller%e2%80%99s-sea-eagles-part-2/#comment-216938 Hi! Just read this article about the Steller's sea eagles and the huge problems that they are having just surviving one year! WOW!!! I'm glad that you had transmitters on some of them so that you can track them on their migrations, but it looks like you have very serious problems with people in those areas that these eagles choose to migrate thru. My suggestion would be to start getting a large team of Stellar sea eagle experts together to start going to every village and town along the bird's migration routes and where they nest/live at, and start a huge ongoing education program about these birds' importance to the environment to all of the people in those areas. There has to be some way to get the people to understand that by killing these birds, they are taking away a natural population control that these eagles do so well, namely keeping rodent populations at reasonable levels as well as other small animal populations. These eagles are a natural part of the order of the food chain with them being one of the top predators in that region. We have certainly learned that here in the USA when the bald eagle was in danger of being extinct and government/wildlife agencies finally put them on the endangered species list and also have them federally protected in all 50 states. Now, the bald eagle has recovered very well since the 1970s, are still federally protected, and are now off the endangered species list as of 2007. But, the bald eagles are still being watched very carefully for any signs of unusual population losses that could put them back on the endangered list. I am hoping that the ICN has the Stellar sea eagles listed as endangered as well. They need to be on that list, and the Russian government must step up to protect these birds 100% now! Hopefully, you all can help them achieve that and get this education program about the eagles going to everyone that lives in the eagle's range. Please let us know what is happening with these birds, and if there will be any progress in their protection. Good luck in your efforts! Chari Mercier :) St. Pete, FL Hi! Just read this article about the Steller’s sea eagles and the huge problems that they are having just surviving one year! WOW!!! I’m glad that you had transmitters on some of them so that you can track them on their migrations, but it looks like you have very serious problems with people in those areas that these eagles choose to migrate thru. My suggestion would be to start getting a large team of Stellar sea eagle experts together to start going to every village and town along the bird’s migration routes and where they nest/live at, and start a huge ongoing education program about these birds’ importance to the environment to all of the people in those areas. There has to be some way to get the people to understand that by killing these birds, they are taking away a natural population control that these eagles do so well, namely keeping rodent populations at reasonable levels as well as other small animal populations. These eagles are a natural part of the order of the food chain with them being one of the top predators in that region. We have certainly learned that here in the USA when the bald eagle was in danger of being extinct and government/wildlife agencies finally put them on the endangered species list and also have them federally protected in all 50 states. Now, the bald eagle has recovered very well since the 1970s, are still federally protected, and are now off the endangered species list as of 2007. But, the bald eagles are still being watched very carefully for any signs of unusual population losses that could put them back on the endangered list. I am hoping that the ICN has the Stellar sea eagles listed as endangered as well. They need to be on that list, and the Russian government must step up to protect these birds 100% now! Hopefully, you all can help them achieve that and get this education program about the eagles going to everyone that lives in the eagle’s range. Please let us know what is happening with these birds, and if there will be any progress in their protection. Good luck in your efforts!
Chari Mercier :)
St. Pete, FL

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