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| 2012-01-07 10:11:38 | Wish your local chapter would get the national society, to start a drive to stop the killing of sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Their new law is very upsetting. | marilyn callahan |
| 2011-11-08 14:00:07 | Wow, I read the linked articles and the Scrub-jay sure seems to be having a hard time of it. However, I could not find anything in any of the articles, even after reading through them twice, that supports Lorraine Margeson's conclusions.___The facts are that the more the lands in question are used for public recreation the more management they get. The article did indicate that managed lands are much better for the jays. It certainly seems that one of the key actions needed are more planned burns. This happens regularly, though not often enough, on land open to hunting and other use.___As for those pesky neighborhood kids and their slingshots and BB guns... I'd like to see the raw statistics that have caused the decimation of the scrub-jay by the little buggers' murderous actions!___Seems to me that just maybe people who enjoy the jays company might do even more harm than those kids sited in the article. First hand experience has taught me that people seeking the company of scrub-jays will do any thing in their power to attract them, including the use of food... crackers, pop corn, breakfast cereal, pieces of cookies, even those cheese pop snacks, you know, all the same things the jay forages for in the wild that are so nourishing to them. Good thing the jays don't hang around these people too long. ___Now those cats... there is a real problem. I've often wondered just how many jay-lovers also own cats. Just a thought...___Now the suggestion that these lands be turned into passive use only... just what does passive mean. I get it!!! It means no hunting, right? Some of those hunters carry mighty big guns that could, I guess, severely fragment the scrub forests. Why even a bow and arrow could possibly cut up enough brush to cause fragmentation.___Well, these are just thoughts that came to mind. Political prejudices often get me to thinking. I've got to learn to stop that! ___BTW I thought this was a birding club newsletter, not a soap box.___Hope ya'll have a great month of November and Turkey Day. We'll be snow-birding down there the first week of December. That should give you a chance to plan just how your going to roast this hunter in person.___Rick Bazany___ | Rick Bazany |
| 2011-11-07 14:09:53 | I think promulgating Lorraine’s Halpata Tastanaki email was irresponsible. ___I’m concerned when hunters and bird watchers are at odds, since conservation is their common ground. I’m also sorry when bird watchers must avoid an area because of a public hunt, such as what happened at Potts last month. ___I was disappointed that Ms. Margeson made an association between hunting and the decline of scrub-jays. Neither the jay report referred to in the Ledger article, nor the article itself, made any mention of hunting. Where is the connection?___What are the facts:___• Scrub-jays are a treasured and declining species___• Hunting and other forms of recreation are not known to impact scrub-jays___• Conflicts exist between recreational users___• Hunting does not conflict with jay habitat management any more than non-consumptive recreational use does | nancy dwyer |
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