And the boathouse taken care of by the Parks Dept. of all people still uses it  

About ten years ago I had a rat problem as many people did that year.  I didn't want to use rat poison because of my dogs and cat, but couldn't get them in traps and they were multiplying.  My feed store guy told me about E-Raze.  It's made by the company that uses the third category.  Their poisons contain zinc phosphide which produces a gas in the stomach and kills the rats.  Less danger to cats, dogs, and such because they can throw up, rats can't, and it's not a systemic poison.  What I'm wondering if something like this would pose a lower threat to the hawks than the anticoagulant types.  The way I understand it that is doesn't get/stay in the tissues of the rat.  ???  I will say I had quite the "herd" out there and within 24 hours not one.  I'm sure it killed some, some was probably taken to their home and killed more, but when the rats have a death problem the others will leave the area.  I was amazed.

I found this telling the three categories of poisons at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/rodenticides/finalriskdecision.htm

Differences Among the Rodenticides - The ten rodenticide active ingredients covered by this action can be divided into three categories:

first-generation anticoagulants: warfarin, chlorophacinone, and diphacinone;
second-generation anticoagulants: brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, and difethialone; and
non-anticoagulants: bromethalin, cholecalciferol and zinc phosphide.

The anticoagulants interfere with blood clotting, and death can result from excessive bleeding. Bromethalin is a nerve toxicant that causes respiratory distress. Cholecalciferol is vitamin D3, which in small dosages is needed for good health in most mammals, but in massive doses is toxic, especially to rodents. Zinc phosphide causes liberation of toxic phosphine gas in the stomach.

The second-generation anticoagulants are especially hazardous for several reasons. They are highly toxic, and they persist a long time in body tissues. The second-generation anticoagulants are designed to be toxic in a single feeding, but since time-to-death is several days, rodents can feed multiple times before death, leading to carcasses containing residues that may be many times the lethal dose. Predators or scavengers that feed on those poisoned rodents may consume enough to suffer harm.

The "rat/rodent killer" I got was through Motomco  http://www.motomco.com/p_products.htm

All fine here Carol! 

Thanx for the link Jeanne, I was thinking about them again.  Has anyone heard from Carla since the fire?

Thanx Shaky.  I saw the "help" section, but thought it was for forum problems, not this type of help.  I'll use it next time.   

Oh thank you, so that is SA!  I'm really sorry, between our local eagles at Decorah and peregrines I'm afI check stuff out here, but am not quite as knowledgeable as I should be.  I remembered the reports with SA, don't know how I missed her name was Pigott.   

Sorry, I have NO idea where to post this and can't seem to find anything to answer my question.  WHO is PIGOTT?  ???

Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'pet rock'! 

I still have mine from years ago somewhere.

 

Thanx Lola & Dale!

Thanx you guys!  Bobbie, I tried to be born earlier in the spring, but mom didn't know about peregrine fledges and made me wait. 

Yep, it was real nice.  We were thrilled to get a good two inches of steady and sometimes downpour late morning/early afternoon.  We've been so dry here in NE Iowa except for a two-incher some time back.  Thanx gals and cute "card" Donna 

Maybe it's just me.  Fantastic photography, but I couldn't find Orion  ???

Never mind, I saw the earlier post with the other link, great job!

Bonnie, at that point if it was flying there probably wouldn't have been anything to do, unless you meant go down since then.  Hope he does ok!

That's good news, thanx 

Let's hope the parents are ok being they haven't seen them  ???