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Post by bsutravis on Sept 24, 2007 8:21:50 GMT -5
Here is a portion of what Mr. Phelps replied to my e-mail that I sent him. I told him about the 1 year delay in my band certificate, and the coloration of the goose band.........
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(from Adam Phelps)
"I apologize for the delay in your band return information reaching you. I am, however, happy to say that it is unlikely that it had anything to do with me. The Bird Banding Lab has recently changed databases, and it seems to be taking them a long time to get back to hunters. It should start getting better soon, but these kinds of transitions always take a lot of time. Just reporting the bands we used this year took much longer than it has in the past, just because we're all learning a new system.
Regarding the coloration of the band, there is nothing unusual about it. We band geese at several sites where bands gain this coloration. I can't explain it, though it's likely just a chemical reaction between the band and something in the water. The lake at Glendale FWA seems to tarnish bands quickly. Perhaps it's a reaction to acid water from being near coalmines? At any rate, I have no reason te believe that it's got to do with wastewater treatment plants, and no reason to think that there are any potential health effects of eating such birds."
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Sept 24, 2007 16:02:04 GMT -5
Travis!!! ;D We were just pulling your leg on the wastewater treatment ponds!!!! ;D Now I would say that the acid water from the coalmines does make alot of sense to me!! That's funny though!!! ;D
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Post by snakeeye on Sept 24, 2007 19:09:24 GMT -5
pH values of <2 are common in Indiana coal country, unfortunately.
The anoxic aquatic environments where 'fowl spend a lot of time might contribute to discolorations, just a half you know what guess.
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Post by johnc911 on Sept 24, 2007 20:01:25 GMT -5
Where are the coal mines around here. I would not think a goose banded in june near blountsville and killed near wilkinson would have found time to go down south to coal mine country. Just curious about that. I would say probably something in the sewer pond chemicals did it.
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Post by duff on Sept 24, 2007 20:33:33 GMT -5
sewer pond for sure! BSU, you ate it?  |
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Post by bsutravis on Sept 25, 2007 22:36:59 GMT -5
Heck yeah I ate it! If I shoot it, it's getting grilled!!!!!
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Post by duff on Sept 26, 2007 17:22:36 GMT -5
Seeing how one of my honey holes used to be a few hundred yards ds of a major waste water treatment plant I've eaten my share too. Corn fed for sure!!!
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Post by snakeeye on Sept 26, 2007 18:03:57 GMT -5
I'm really starting to worry about endocrine disruptors and emerging pollutants not to mention conventional pollutants with respect to eating 'fowl that have been in and around wastewater and related areas.
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Post by Noblebowhunter on Sept 27, 2007 8:21:44 GMT -5
ahh heck .. i get thirsty or hot i just stick my head right in the water for a big gulp  i ain't skeeered |
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Post by duff on Sept 27, 2007 21:09:57 GMT -5
I'm really starting to worry about endocrine disruptors and emerging pollutants not to mention conventional pollutants with respect to eating 'fowl that have been in and around wastewater and related areas. Whatever, you are just tring to scare others from your honey holes. Endocrine disruptors, sounds like a bunch of hocus-pocus BS to me. Along the lines of trace metals and impaired aquatic biology due to old gas wells  I thought you said Mitch was trimming the fat over there |
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Post by snakeeye on Sept 28, 2007 13:59:30 GMT -5
duff,
I take it you didn't read the Indy Star last Sunday???
I'm telling you; it was the Ar-Ar dimer, not selenium! BTW, the hocus pocus reached a new order of magnitude this summer.
Snake
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Post by mbogo on Sept 29, 2007 15:03:15 GMT -5
duff, I take it you didn't read the Indy Star last Sunday??? I'm telling you; it was the Ar-Ar dimer, not selenium! BTW, the hocus pocus reached a new order of magnitude this summer. Snake Yes, indeed it did. Sounds like someone is trying to promote a Waterfowl Consumption Advisory. |
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Post by duff on Sept 29, 2007 19:30:33 GMT -5
Fill us in guys, what was the new pet project?
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Post by snakeeye on Sept 30, 2007 11:48:16 GMT -5
...only if I get to be in charge of the WCA.
In typical fashion, the pet project was one gigantic secret, so only one person really knows what it was; I just know it consumed a lot of very expensive equipment and man hours. : )
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Post by duff on Sept 30, 2007 20:32:19 GMT -5
what's WCA?
Where did the new boon-dogle take place?
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Post by snakeeye on Oct 1, 2007 19:37:40 GMT -5
Waterfowl Consumption Advisory = WCA
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Post by duff on Oct 1, 2007 19:49:19 GMT -5
Is this an inside joke or what?
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Post by bsutravis on Oct 1, 2007 20:00:32 GMT -5
I'm totally lost.
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Post by snakeeye on Oct 2, 2007 20:17:11 GMT -5
We have a Fish Consumption Advisory, so I see no reason why we shouldn't have a Waterfowl Consumption Advisory (WCA). Fish and 'fowl hang out in water, so WTF?
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i ain't skeeered 
I thought you said Mitch was trimming the fat over there