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KERCHTHORN. WE HAVE A CLIP OF HIS ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE LAST THURSDAY THEN WE'LL TALK WITH EDWARD CLARK ABOUT THE EAGLE BEING TAKEN OFF THE LIST. >> LADIES...
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TO BARELY 400 NESTING PAIRS OF BALD EAGLES. TODAY, AFTER DECADES OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS, THEY'RE HOME TO SOME 10,000 NESTING PAIRS, A 25-FOLD INCREASE...
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DRAMATIC RECOVERY, IT IS MY HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'S DECISION TO REMOVE THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE FROM THE ENDANGERED ...
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INTERNATIONALLY TEACHING PEOPLE TO PROVIDE CLINICAL CARE FOR INJURED
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OR ORPHANED WILDLIFE AND DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WHICH CHALLENGE WILDLIFE, OF COURSE A MAJOR FACTOR WITH THE BALD EAGLE....
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HERE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION, WHERE THE WASHINGTON AREA IS SO FAMILIAR WITH BALD
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EAGLES NOW, A POPULATION JUST IN VIRGINIA ALONE OF 560 NESTING PAIRS. IT IS POSSIBLE RIGHT FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL TO SEE THEM FLOWING ALONG THE POTOMAC...
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YOU CAN ALSO SEND US AN E-MAIL AT JOURNAL@C-SPAN.ORG. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BIRD YOU HAVE YOU WITH. >> Guest: THIS IS JUSTICE. JUSTICE IS...
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MORE MINUTES BUT THIS BIRD WAS INJURED WHEN SHE WAS A BABY IN THE NEST. APPARENTLY, ONE OF HER PARENTS STEPPED ON HER. AND YOU CAN SEE HER RIGHT WING...
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SITTING NEXT TO YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, COMMITTING HIS TIME AND, YOU KNOW, HIS HOPE AND EVERYTHING TO THAT GREAT ANIMAL HE HAS ON HIS ARM THAT REALLY STANDS...
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IN AMERICA AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL AND REALLY NICE TO SEE RIGHT THERE. IT REALLY IS. IT'S REALLY A PERFECT SHOT. AND I WAS GOING TO GET ON...
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AND IF WE KEEP
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IN MIND THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS DEVELOPED AND SETTLED AND EVENTUALLY BECAME AN INDEPENDENT NATION ON JULY 4th, NOT BECAUSE OF OUR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS....
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AND PARTICULARLY FOR SOMEONE IN THE SOUTHWEST, IN YOUR AREA, IT
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HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO REMOVE THAT POPULATION FROM THE THREATENED LIST. NOT ONLY BECAUSE THE POPULATION RECOVERY HAS BEEN...
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DISMISSAL OF SCIENTIFIC DATA THAT THE POPULATION REALLY IS NOT AT A SUSTAINABLE LEVEL IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. SO, WE CAN'T DENY IN MANY PARTS...
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JUST FINE, SIR. GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: THANKS FOR YOUR PROGRAM. YES, LAST YEAR IN JANUARY, I NOTICED A BALD EAGLE STARTED BUILDING A NEST BEHIND...
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WILLINGBORO. >> Guest: SOUNDS LIKE WE LOST
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HIM. >> Host: SORRY ABOUT THAT.
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COPPER HILL, VIRGINIA. >> Caller: HI. THANKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL BIRD ON TELEVISION TODAY AND THANKS FOR C-SPAN. I LOVE WATCHING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY...
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CONSERVATIONISTS. I CONSIDER MYSELF A VERY
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CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN, BUT IT
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ANNOYS ME TREMENDOUSLY THAT
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REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE PAINTED WITH BROAD BRUSHES IN CERTAIN AREAS. CONSERVATION, I'M NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT HYPERENVIRONMENTALALISM BUT CONSERVATION...
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LIKE THIS BUT THE FEDERAL TREATY ACT PROTECTS ALL MIGRATORY SPECIES OF BIRDS BUT THE BALD AND GOLDEN EAGLE PROTECTION ACT STILL PROVIDES VERY, VERY...
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TO DAMAGE, KILL, CAPTURE ONE OF THESE BIRDS, INTERFERE WITH ITS NESTING OR IN ANY OTHER WAY DISTURB IT. AND THAT WORD "DISTURB" HAS BECOME THE TERM...
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. THIS BIRD'S NEST WAS ACTUALLY IN A SUBDIVISION AND PEOPLE WERE WATCHING THE BABIES AND SO, WHEN SHE WAS INJURED, PEOPLE NOTICED...
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ACROSS THE RIVER AND IT WAS JUST REALLY BEAUTIFUL. BUT, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO AND I HAVEN'T SEEN
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ONE SPLGZ >> Guest: I'M NOT SURE I CAN BE TOO SPECIFIC ABOUT CALIFORNIA BUT TYPICALLY BALD EAGLES ARE FOUND ALONG LARGE BODIES OF WATER AND ESPECIALLY...
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AND FORAGE. >> Host: CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA. >> Caller: HI, SIR. I'M FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND I WAS WONDERING, YOU MENTIONED THE BIRD CAME FROM FLORIDA?...
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IN
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MAITLIN AND THEY ARE COLLEAGUES THAT CARE FOR EAGLES, INJURED AND ORPHANED ANIMALS AND HAVE A LARGE PROGRAM THERE. ACTUALLY THE LAST TIME I WAS
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HERE ON "WASHINGTON
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JOURNAL" I HAD AN
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ADULT BALD EAGLE HI GOTTEN FROM THOSE FOLKS 22 YEARS AGO AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT BIRD DIED LAST YEAR AT THE AGE OF 24. AND, WHEN THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT...
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REALLY -- I'M CALLING ACTUALLY FOR TWO REASONS.
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I'M LUCKY ENOUGH I WOULDN'T SAY SURROUNDED BY -- YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY? >>
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Host: YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE. >> Caller: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR -- I THINK YOU REALLY BRING OUT SOME GOOD POINTS WHEN YOU
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ARE HOSTING THE SHOW, PERSONALLY. BUT I AM -- THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EAGLES IN WISCONSIN. AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE TO SEE. ONE THING THAT I AM LUCKY
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ENOUGH, I OWN PROPERTY
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THAT THERE'S A NESTING PAIR ON THE PROPERTY AND I'M ABLE TO OBSERVE THROUGH TELESCOPESS SO I MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT MOLESTED WHATSOEVER...
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DIDN'T LIKE VERY OF THE
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FACT THE
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BIRD PROPOSED AS OUR NATIONAL SYMBOL ATE DEAD FISH SO HE THOUGHT THAT THE EAGLES WERE TOO LAZY BECAUSE THEY SCAVENGED AS OPPOSED TO THE WILD TURKEY,...
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AND SO, THEY DO, IN FACT, PRIMARILY CATCH LIVE FISH. BUT, MANY EAGLES AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG ONES, IF THEY FIND ONE THAT HAS SORT OF
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VOLUNTEERED TO DIE BY ITSELF UP ON SHORE, THEY'LL DINE ON THAT VERY READILY. >> Host: OKAY. EDWARD CLARK IS WITH THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA. HE'S...
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ABOUT WHY THIS EAGLE LOOKS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONE S. THAT A FEMALE OR BECAUSE IT IS YOUNG OR WHY DOES IT NOT HAVE THE WHITE HEAD AND...
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THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. THIS BIRD IS ACTUALLY A
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BABY. ALL YOUNG EAGLES ARE COMPLETELY BROWN LIKE THIS UNTIL THEY GET TO BE ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS OLD
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AND IT'S ONLY DURING THE LAST PART OF THEIR FOURTH YEAR THAT THE FEATHERS ON THEIR HEAD TURN WHITE AND TAIL FEATHERS TURN WHITE AND THEY GET TO BE ADULTS.
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IT'S ONLY AFTER THEY ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD THEY BECOME SEXUALLY MATURE AND CAN CHOOSE A MATE AND START TO BREED. THE YOUNG BIRDS LIKE THIS HAVE THIS...
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FEMALE. AND SHE'S QUITE
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A HANDFUL. >> Host: BOCA RATON, YOU'RE ON THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I WAS WONDERING WHAT WE COULD...
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THEY COULD BE PROTECTED? >> Guest: WELL, OF COURSE, THAT'S
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A WONDERFUL AND NOBLE WAY TO APPROACH IT BUT THE THING THE BALD EAGLE IS BUT ONE SPECIES, THAT IS, LOOKING FOR PROTECTION AND NEEDING PROTECTION. THERE...
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FEDERATION, THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA, COUNTLESS OTHERS. WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE OUT THERE ADVOCATING FOR THESE BIRDS BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY THERE...
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OTHER COUNTRIES. PEOPLE COME TO THE WILDLIFE CENTER TO STUDY. ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH WE ARE
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VERY MUCH INVOLVED NOW, IN ADDITION TO SORT OF THE TRADITIONAL CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IS WE'RE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE SURVEILLANCE FOR EMERGING WILDLIFE...
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THE SYMBOL OF THE NATION, CERTAINLY THE FLAGSHIP SPECIES. OTHERS HAVE COME OFF THE LES THE PEREGRIN FALCON IS A GOOD SXAMP. WE BROUGHT THE AS
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PRAY POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES BACK AND ESSENTIALLY VICTIMS OF THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, THE PROLIFERATION OF DDT AND OTHER LONG-LASTING...
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BALD EAGLE, WE SEE WILD TURKEYS QUITE OFTEN. IT SEEMS THAT THE
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EAGLE POPULATION, IN MY AREA,
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HAS DROPPED OVER ABOUT THE LAST DECADE. DUKE ENERGY, WHOSE LAND DIVISION, CRESCENT, CRESCENT RESOURCES, OWNS THE PROPERTY HERE ON THE SHORE OF THE...
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HUMAN BEINGS
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WANT TO LIVE IN THE HABITAT WHERE
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THE EAGLE NEEDS TO LIVE. AND THE BALD EAGLE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES. IT HAS TO LIVE WHERE IT CAN BUILD
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A NEST, FIND ITS FOOD AND FULFILL ITS INSTINCTUAL URGES AND DEMANAGEDS. NATURE HAS PROGRAMMED THIS BIRD TO CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND CERTAIN NATURAL...
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ARE IN A PARTICULAR
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STATE? >> Guest: ACTUALLY, THEY DO IT FROM AN AIRPLANE. THEY FLY OVER AND THE NESTS ARE EXTREMELY LARGE. THEY CAN BE SIX FEET ACROSS BUILT OF HEAVY...
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THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN THAT WAS SO LARGE THAT IT FELL DOWN AND, WHEN IT FELL DOWN, THEY WERE ABLE TO WEIGH
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IT AND FOUND IT WEIGHED 6,000 POUNDS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD EAGLE NESTS IN VIRGINIA THAT CAUSED THEIR TREES TO FALL OVER JUST LAST YEAR. WE RAISED A...
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RADIO, OKAY? >> Caller:
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UH, I DON'T HAVE A RADIO. >>
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Host: ALL RIGHT. TURN DOWN YOUR TELEVISION SO WE CAN HEAR YOU WITHOUT THE ECHO. >> Caller: I DON'T. OH, OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, YOU KNOW....
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A BIRD, I JUST WANT TO KNOW? YOU CAN FIND THEM IN
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CALIFORNIA. >> Guest: OH, YES, BALD EAGLES ARE FOUND IN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU FOR GETTING UP SO
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EARLY TO WATCH US THIS MORNING OUT ON THE WEST COAST. THESE BIRDS ARE NOW FOUND ALL OVER
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THE LOWER 48 STATES. OBVIOUSLY, IN SOME STATES, THE UPPER MIDWEST, HERE ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE REGION AND IN FLORIDA, THEY'RE A LOT EASIER TO FIND BUT...
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SACRAMENTO AREA THERE ARE, IN FACT, BALD EAGLES LIVING THERE ALONG THE SACRAMENTO RIVER I'VE HEARD OUT THAT WAY. IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER IF YOU WANT...
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WHAT WE KNEW EXTINCT IN THE WORLD A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. THE
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LAST SIGHTING WHAT
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SOMEWHERE AROUND 1935 AS I RECALL
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Caller, -
THE DATA. MORE RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT THE
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BIRDS HAVE BEEN GLIMPSED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND I WANT TO SAY IT WAS IN ARKANSAS BUT PLEASE DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT. YOU CAN GOOGLE THAT, I'M SURE,...
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ISSUES. >>
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Host:
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.