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6.5mm copper monos for Elk - LRX vs CX vs E-tip vs CEB vs Hammer vs Lehigh
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<blockquote data-quote="FEENIX" data-source="post: 3010038" data-attributes="member: 14204"><p>Oh boy, not this again.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]534739[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Mc-i242rmfU:4[/MEDIA]</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]CYOyTEHcYQA:5[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bald-eagle-populations-have-skyrocketed-last-decade-180977342/#:~:text=Eagle%20populations%20quadrupled%20in%20size%20since%202009%20with,30%2C548%20nesting%20pairs%2C%20reports%20Sophie%20Lewis%20for%20CBS" target="_blank">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bald-eagle-populations-have-skyrocketed-last-decade-180977342/#:~:text=Eagle populations quadrupled in size since 2009 with,30,548 nesting pairs, reports Sophie Lewis for CBS</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>1963:</strong> <strong><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Only 417 known nesting pairs in the lower 48 states,</span></em></strong> <strong><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">due to use of pesticides, namely DDT;</span></em></strong> human disturbance; land conversion and loss of trees for nesting habitat</p><p></p><p><strong>1972:</strong> <strong><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Federal government banned general use of DDT</span></em></strong>, a chemical shown to cause a thinning of eagle egg shells and leading to increase death of young.</p><p></p><p><strong>1978:</strong> Bald eagles listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mid- to late 1970s:</strong> There were only three known bald eagle nests in Colorado, none on the Front Range.</p><p></p><p><strong>2007:</strong> Bald eagles delisted from Endangered Species Act but remain protected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.</p><p></p><p><strong>2020:</strong> <strong><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Bald eagle numbers have quadrupled since 2009, reaching 71,400 nesting pairs and an estimated 316,700 individual bald eagles in the lower 48 states, according to the federal government.</span></em></strong> <strong><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">In Colorado, reported bald eagle nests number more than 200.</span></em></strong></p><p></p><p>(<a href="https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/07/15/colorado-bald-eagle-numbers-rising-despite-human-population-increasing/7962530002/" target="_blank">https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/07/15/colorado-bald-eagle-numbers-rising-despite-human-population-increasing/7962530002/</a>)</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]emBY6phmn9E:121[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]e5Zki-boWXo:166[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FEENIX, post: 3010038, member: 14204"] Oh boy, not this again. [ATTACH type="full" alt="deer-eats-popcorn_64.gif"]534739[/ATTACH] [MEDIA=youtube]Mc-i242rmfU:4[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]CYOyTEHcYQA:5[/MEDIA] [URL='https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bald-eagle-populations-have-skyrocketed-last-decade-180977342/#:~:text=Eagle%20populations%20quadrupled%20in%20size%20since%202009%20with,30%2C548%20nesting%20pairs%2C%20reports%20Sophie%20Lewis%20for%20CBS']https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bald-eagle-populations-have-skyrocketed-last-decade-180977342/#:~:text=Eagle populations quadrupled in size since 2009 with,30,548 nesting pairs, reports Sophie Lewis for CBS[/URL]. [B]1963:[/B] [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Only 417 known nesting pairs in the lower 48 states,[/COLOR][/I][/B] [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]due to use of pesticides, namely DDT;[/COLOR][/I][/B] human disturbance; land conversion and loss of trees for nesting habitat [B]1972:[/B] [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Federal government banned general use of DDT[/COLOR][/I][/B], a chemical shown to cause a thinning of eagle egg shells and leading to increase death of young. [B]1978:[/B] Bald eagles listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. [B]Mid- to late 1970s:[/B] There were only three known bald eagle nests in Colorado, none on the Front Range. [B]2007:[/B] Bald eagles delisted from Endangered Species Act but remain protected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. [B]2020:[/B] [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Bald eagle numbers have quadrupled since 2009, reaching 71,400 nesting pairs and an estimated 316,700 individual bald eagles in the lower 48 states, according to the federal government.[/COLOR][/I][/B] [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]In Colorado, reported bald eagle nests number more than 200.[/COLOR][/I][/B] ([URL]https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/07/15/colorado-bald-eagle-numbers-rising-despite-human-population-increasing/7962530002/[/URL]) [MEDIA=youtube]emBY6phmn9E:121[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]e5Zki-boWXo:166[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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