Nash Turley and Hamilton Boyce discuss bald eagles, what they eat, where they live, their dramatic decline due to DDT, and then their miraculous recovery.
Bald eagle photo by Richard Lee https://unsplash.com/@brock222
References for this episode:
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Andrew JM, Mosher JA. Bald eagle nest site selection and nesting habitat in Maryland. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 1982
Interior secretary repeals ban on lead bullets https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/322058-interior-secretary-repeals-ban-on-lead-ammunition
Heisman R. 2018. Bald Eagle, The Ultimate Endangered Species Act Success Story. American Bird Conservancy. https://abcbirds.org/bald-eagle-the-ultimate-endangered-species-act-success-story/
DDT Regulatory History: A Brief Survey (to 1975). EPA. https://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/ddt-regulatory-history-brief-survey-1975.html
Watts DB, Therres GD, Byrd MA. Recovery of the Chesapeake Bay Bald Eagle Nesting Population. Journal of Wildlife Management. 2010.
Endangered species act data: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/reports/delisting-report https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/reports/box-score-report
Deatrick E. An Elegy for America's Oldest Bald Eagle https://www.audubon.org/news/an-elegy-americas-oldest-bald-eagle
