Thanks for the reminder, John. I believe a couple of Colorado Audubon groups are working to educate others on this issue.
*Linda Hodges* *Colorado Springs* On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > For many years, lead based fishing weights and jigs have been used around > the world. Unfortunately, lead is a very toxic substance that is extremely > harmful to humans and wildlife. Bird hunters used to use lead shot, but > many have moved away from these shells in favor of steel shot. Fishermen I > think have been slower to the cause, but need to eliminate lead products > from their fishing gear. When ducks eat gravel for their crops and ingest > lead weights or pellets, the results are fatal. Then secondary feeders like > hawks, eagles and condors that eat lead in the flesh of ducks and geese, > will also have fatal results. > > I did a little web research and found the following website regarding > lead-free fishing gear. There are many establishments selling lead free > gear and you should be able to find what you need. > > http://www.loon.org/non-lead-tackle-links.php > > Consider a Christmas gift to yourself, that will also be a healthy > solution for the birds as well. > > John R > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/cobirds/18b08c53-a071-41cc-acd0-c4a8a8e73939%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/18b08c53-a071-41cc-acd0-c4a8a8e73939%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABW16TmNCjGZU%2BrjAiuWQHEOSbVXGRdAMjNJsWKKqx-gJVJ_zg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
