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Subject: FW: Shorebird numbers in North America
From: JINGOLD <JINGOLD(AT)PILOT.LSUS.EDU>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 7:31am
I'm forwardingthis from Oklahoma birds.
Jim Ingold
jingold(AT)pilot.lsus.edu
*******************************************
The Canadian Wildlife Service has just released its "Estimates of shorebird
populations in North America" (Occasional Paper Number 104) authored by
R.I.G. (Guy) Morrison (2001) and five other Canadian and American
ornithologists. Remember that these numbers are best estimates. NA = North
America.
1. Black-bellied Plover: Global 498,000 with 200,000 in NA.
2. American Golden-Plover: 150,000+
3. Pacific Golden-Plover: Global population 125,000 with 16,000 in NA.
4. Snowy Plover: Global 586,000 with 16,000 in NA.
5. Wilson's Plover: 6000+
6. Common Ringed Plover: Global 442,500 with less than 10,000? in NA.
7. Semipalmated Plover: 150,000
8. Piping Plover: 5913 with 2110 in Canada.
9. Killdeer: 1,000,000+ with Canadian population estimate of 366,000. Size
of Neotropical population is unknown.
10. Mountain Plover: 9000 with 10 in Canada.
11. American Oystercatcher: Global 58,850 with 8850 in NA and 4 in Canada.
12. Black Oystercatcher: 8900
13. Black-necked Stilt: Global 850,000+ with 150,000 in NA and 400 in
Canada.
14. American Avocet: 450,000 with 63,000 in Canada.
15. Greater Yellowlegs: 100,000
16. Lesser Yellowlegs: 500,000
17. Solitary Sandpiper: 25,000
18. Willet: 250,000 with 25,000 in Canada. Eastern nominate subspecies
(semipalmatus) estimated at 90,000 and western interior subspecies
(inornatus) at 160,000.
19. Wandering Tattler: 10,000 with 5,000 in Canada.
20. Spotted Sandpiper: 150,000
21. Upland Sandpiper: 350,000 with 10,000 in Canada.
22. Eskimo Curlew: Less than 50 if the species still survives. "Note: In my
opinion, the Eskimo Curlew has been extinct for many years. Last specimen
taken in Canada on 29 August 1932 in Labrador. Last photographed (one) in
March and April 1962 near Galveston, Texas. Last specimen shot on 4
September 1963 in Barbados, West Indes. No 100% reliable sightings since
the 1960s. Recent reports probably are juvenile Whimbrels with short bills
or vagrant Little Curlews."
23. Whimbrel: Global 797,000+ with 57,000 in NA.
24. Bristle-thighed Curlew: 10,000. This species breeds in Alaska and
winters in Oceania.
25. Long-billed Curlew: 20,000. The Canadian breeding population is
probably several thousand birds.
26. Hudsonian Godwit: 50,000 with about 10,000 migrating through James Bay.
27. Bar-tailed Godwit: Golbal 1,345,000 with 100,000 in NA.
28. Marbled Godwit: 171,500. The Canadian breeding population is about
103,000 with the small James Bay population estimated at 1000 to 2000 birds.
29. Ruddy Turnstone: Global 449,000 with 235,000 in NA.
30. Black Turnstone: 80,000
31. Surfbird: 70,000
32. Red Knot: Global 1,29,000 with 400,000 in NA.
33. Sanderling: Global 643,000 with 300,000 in NA.
34. Semipalmated Sandpiper: 3,500,000
35. Western Sandpiper: 3,500,000
36. Least Sandpiper: 600,000
37. White-rumped Sandpiper: 400,000
38. Baird's Sandpiper: 300,000
39. Pectoral Sandpiper: 400,000
40. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper: Global 166,000 with about 1000 using the NA
Pacific coast south of Alaska.
41. Purple Sandpiper: Global 65,000 with 15,000 in Canada.
42. Rock Sandpiper: Global 200,000 with 150,000 in NA including 1000+
wintering in British Columbia.
43. Dunlin: Global 3,934,000 with 1,525,000 in NA.
44. Stilt Sandpiper: 200,000
45. Buff-breasted Sandpiper: 15,000
46. Short-billed Dowitcher: 320,000. Three well-marked subspecies with
estimates of 110,000 for eastern nominate griseus, interior hendersoni
about 60,000, and western caurinus about 150,000.
47. Long-billed Dowitcher: 500,000
48. Common Snipe: Global 26,750,000 with 2,000,000 in NA.
49. American Woodcock: 5,000,000 with 1,000,000 in Canada.
50. Wilson's Phalarope: 1,500,000 with 680,000 in Canada.
51. Red-necked Phalarope: Global 4,000,000 with 2,500,000 in NA.
52. Red Phalarope: 1,000,000
Four Additional Species:
1. Gray-tailed Tattler: Confirmed breeding record for Alaska.
2. Red-necked Stint: A few dozen breed in Alaska.
3. Curlew Sandpiper: A few dozen breed in Alaska.
4. Ruff: A few dozen breed in Alaska.
This 64 page report (Occasional Paper Number 104) is available from:
Publications
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3
(819) 997-1095
(819) 997-2756 (fax)
cws-scf(AT)ec.gc.ca
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca
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Subject: Mark Swan's Bullock Oriole
From: "David J. L'Hoste" <lhoste(AT)LHOSTELAW.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 9:37am
Mark Swan's Bullock Oriole is now online and accessible from the LOS
homepage: http://losbird.org
Sorry for the delay in posting his photos to the website, but I was off
birding this weekend. Let's see...Mountain Plover, Gray Flycatcher,
Hutton's Vireo, Red Crossbill, Cassin's Finch, Townsend's Solitaire, Golden
Eagle, Priairie Falcon, Costa's Hummingbird, etc. Oh yeah, and Eurasian
Collared-Dove.
Regards,
David
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
David J. L'Hoste L'Hoste & Ramsey, L.L.C.
Attorney at Law 400 Lafayette Street, Suite 150
504.566.0056 Telephone New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
504.450.0071 Cellular mailto:lhoste(AT)lhostelaw.com
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Subject: Re: Backyard Bird Count and the Sunday Advocate
From: Van Remsen <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 10:18am
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Jay V. Huner wrote:
> It is frustrating to me to see the response of people to a genuine
> effort by a "hooks and bullets" person to encourage bird watching.
> Yes, there are "errors" in the Macaluso article. You can be highly
> critical of the author OR you can praise the author for the effort and
> assist the author with constructive criticism.
> I am saddened by the mean-spirited response of some of you.
Jay/LABIRD -- I think everyone was careful not to slam Macaluso by name --
he may indeed have nothing to do with the misidentifications. However, he
is credited as author of the piece and therefore has to accept
responsibility. Being ignorant of facts obvious to casual backyard
birders is excusable, but if you're going to write a newspaper article on
the topic, then failing to seek any help to remedy the ignorance is not,
especially when a reporter's first responsibility is to get the facts
straight. And my point was ... when a reporter fails to even attempt to
get the facts straight, as in this case, the publicity actually does as
much harm as it does good -- how many birdwatchers would be reluctant to
participate in a project in which Bachman's Warbler etc. are promoted as
expected species?
What if an article appeared on aquaculture in which it was clear that the
reporter had botched the facts so badly, facts that could have been
checked with a single phone call, that it made you aquaculture
people look bad? Somehow, Jay, I doubt that you'd be calling up the
reporter to praise them for the effort.
#################################
Van Remsen,
LSU Museum of Natural Science,
najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
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Subject: Fwd: Bush's 1st Big Hit - HELP!
From: James Beck <buteo(AT)WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 1:50pm
All,
FYI from NEOORN. Please visit the site below for information and
to sign the petition against drilling in Alaska.
James
>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 05:05:04 -0500
>Reply-To: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical
>Birds <NEOORN-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
>Sender: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical
>Birds <NEOORN-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
>From: "Sebastian K. Herzog" <skherzog(AT)COMPUSERVE.COM>
>Subject: Bush's 1st Big Hit - HELP!
>To: NEOORN-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
>
>NEOORN:
>sorry for possible cross-postings and that this does not have much to do
>with neotropical
>birds......but I think you will agree that it is of sad interest.
>
>Sebastian Herzog
>
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> "Sebastian Herzog", skherzog
>
>Datum: 12.02.101 15:59
>
>BE: Bush's 1st Big Hit - HELP!
>
>
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>Please consider signing the petition to "Save the Artic Refuge". The
>petition can be accessed as described below - enter the following website:
>http://www.savearcticrefuge.org.
>
>This is a real threat!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Trish
>
>{ SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1}We're today launching a petition drive in support of
>protecting the Arctic Refuge.
> > This is our first use of the Internet technique of using what's called a
>"flash" video
> > cartoon in support of our cause. I thought you might enjoy seeing it. Ed
>Asner was
> > kind enough to narrate the cartoon. Besides putting pressure on the
>Congress and
> > White House, of course, another purpose is to build our list of email
>names for the
> > many battles ahead. That's why the it is a "viral" petition ... we want
>folks to sign the
> > petition and then send it on to their friends ... i.e. start what amounts
>to a chain letter.
> > We'll see how it works.
> >
> > A word of warning. If you have an older and therefore slower computer,
>you may
> > not be able to see the cartoon. Or, it may be only partially visible, and
>Ed's voice
> > indistinguishable. Let me know what you think. Best wishes -- Rodger
> >
> > ----------------------
> > **URGENT**: JOIN The Internet Campaign to Save the Arctic National
>Wildlife
> > Refuge from Big Oil!
> >
> > If you only help one environmental cause this year, please make it this
>one! Be sure
> > to forward the petition to your friends!
> >
> > Help us stop the big international oil companies from drilling in the
>heart of America's
> > most magnificent wildlife sanctuary, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
>in Alaska.
> > Often called "America's Serengeti", the Refuge is home to caribou, musk
>oxen, polar
> > bears, wolves, arctic foxes, millions of migratory birds and hundreds of
>other animals.
> > Oil drilling, construction activity and oil spills would inflict terrible
>damage on the
> > fragile arctic ecosystem and kill wildlife. The Refuge is also America's
>most important
> > onshore polar bear nursery ground. Polar bears would likely be driven from
>their
> > dens by the onslaught of aircraft, ships, trucks, road and pipeline
>construction, and
> > drilling -- possibly leaving their cubs to die. Oil development risks
>another massive oil
> > spill like the Exxon Valdez disaster. It simply isn't worth six months'
>oil that wouldn't
> > reach market for 10 years or more.
> >
> > To stop Big Oil, we need your help to demand that President Bush and
>Congress
> > NOT allow drilling in the Arctic Refuge. If we're to save the Refuge, we
>need to
> > make this the biggest Internet environmental petition ever. We need
>millions of
> > people to call for the Refuge to be protected from the devastation caused
>by oil
> > drilling. Insist that President Bush and Congress NOT allow drilling in
>this unique
> > Arctic wilderness -- one of the few truly wild places left. We should no
>more allow
> > drilling here than in Yellowstone Park or the Grand Canyon.
> >
> > We've created a special animated video at the cutting edge of Internet
>technology, to
> > assist the campaign to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
> >
> > { HYPERLINK "http://www.defenders.org/arcticvideo;" }To view the video
>and take action, click here:
> > { HYPERLINK
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> >
> > -or-
> >
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> >
> > Whichever you do, please forward the message to friends and family who
>share your
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> > be heard by decision-makers in Washington.
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Shorebird numbers in North America
From: Paul Dickson <Paul(AT)MORRISDICKSON.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 1:58pm
Labird: I think that these numbers are all too low. I counted 10,000
white-rumped sandpipers in one day on May 5 a few years ago. I find it hard
to believe that I was seeing 3 percent of the continental population on that
one day. If these numbers are close to reality, then we who live and bird
in Louisiana should be all the more thankful of living in this bottleneck of
North American migration. Only 100,000 greater yellowlegs? If so we must
have them all.
The Red River has been high all winter and is showing lots of new sand in
pool #5 so shorebirding should be great up here this Spring. Also, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service is paying Louisiana landowners, mostly rice
farmers, to flood shallow, open wetlands in the period August 1-September 15
for use by migrant birds, mostly shorebirds. These payments will come out
of the "wildlife habitat improvement program" (WHIP) and should produce some
good fall shorebird watching this year.
Paul Dickson
-----Original Message-----
From: JINGOLD [mailto:JINGOLD(AT)PILOT.LSUS.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:31 AM
To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
Subject: FW: Shorebird numbers in North America
I'm forwardingthis from Oklahoma birds.
Jim Ingold
jingold(AT)pilot.lsus.edu
*******************************************
The Canadian Wildlife Service has just released its "Estimates of shorebird
populations in North America" (Occasional Paper Number 104) authored by
R.I.G. (Guy) Morrison (2001) and five other Canadian and American
ornithologists. Remember that these numbers are best estimates. NA = North
America.
1. Black-bellied Plover: Global 498,000 with 200,000 in NA.
2. American Golden-Plover: 150,000+
3. Pacific Golden-Plover: Global population 125,000 with 16,000 in NA.
4. Snowy Plover: Global 586,000 with 16,000 in NA.
5. Wilson's Plover: 6000+
6. Common Ringed Plover: Global 442,500 with less than 10,000? in NA.
7. Semipalmated Plover: 150,000
8. Piping Plover: 5913 with 2110 in Canada.
9. Killdeer: 1,000,000+ with Canadian population estimate of 366,000. Size
of Neotropical population is unknown.
10. Mountain Plover: 9000 with 10 in Canada.
11. American Oystercatcher: Global 58,850 with 8850 in NA and 4 in Canada.
12. Black Oystercatcher: 8900
13. Black-necked Stilt: Global 850,000+ with 150,000 in NA and 400 in
Canada.
14. American Avocet: 450,000 with 63,000 in Canada.
15. Greater Yellowlegs: 100,000
16. Lesser Yellowlegs: 500,000
17. Solitary Sandpiper: 25,000
18. Willet: 250,000 with 25,000 in Canada. Eastern nominate subspecies
(semipalmatus) estimated at 90,000 and western interior subspecies
(inornatus) at 160,000.
19. Wandering Tattler: 10,000 with 5,000 in Canada.
20. Spotted Sandpiper: 150,000
21. Upland Sandpiper: 350,000 with 10,000 in Canada.
22. Eskimo Curlew: Less than 50 if the species still survives. "Note: In my
opinion, the Eskimo Curlew has been extinct for many years. Last specimen
taken in Canada on 29 August 1932 in Labrador. Last photographed (one) in
March and April 1962 near Galveston, Texas. Last specimen shot on 4
September 1963 in Barbados, West Indes. No 100% reliable sightings since
the 1960s. Recent reports probably are juvenile Whimbrels with short bills
or vagrant Little Curlews."
23. Whimbrel: Global 797,000+ with 57,000 in NA.
24. Bristle-thighed Curlew: 10,000. This species breeds in Alaska and
winters in Oceania.
25. Long-billed Curlew: 20,000. The Canadian breeding population is
probably several thousand birds.
26. Hudsonian Godwit: 50,000 with about 10,000 migrating through James Bay.
27. Bar-tailed Godwit: Golbal 1,345,000 with 100,000 in NA.
28. Marbled Godwit: 171,500. The Canadian breeding population is about
103,000 with the small James Bay population estimated at 1000 to 2000 birds.
29. Ruddy Turnstone: Global 449,000 with 235,000 in NA.
30. Black Turnstone: 80,000
31. Surfbird: 70,000
32. Red Knot: Global 1,29,000 with 400,000 in NA.
33. Sanderling: Global 643,000 with 300,000 in NA.
34. Semipalmated Sandpiper: 3,500,000
35. Western Sandpiper: 3,500,000
36. Least Sandpiper: 600,000
37. White-rumped Sandpiper: 400,000
38. Baird's Sandpiper: 300,000
39. Pectoral Sandpiper: 400,000
40. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper: Global 166,000 with about 1000 using the NA
Pacific coast south of Alaska.
41. Purple Sandpiper: Global 65,000 with 15,000 in Canada.
42. Rock Sandpiper: Global 200,000 with 150,000 in NA including 1000+
wintering in British Columbia.
43. Dunlin: Global 3,934,000 with 1,525,000 in NA.
44. Stilt Sandpiper: 200,000
45. Buff-breasted Sandpiper: 15,000
46. Short-billed Dowitcher: 320,000. Three well-marked subspecies with
estimates of 110,000 for eastern nominate griseus, interior hendersoni
about 60,000, and western caurinus about 150,000.
47. Long-billed Dowitcher: 500,000
48. Common Snipe: Global 26,750,000 with 2,000,000 in NA.
49. American Woodcock: 5,000,000 with 1,000,000 in Canada.
50. Wilson's Phalarope: 1,500,000 with 680,000 in Canada.
51. Red-necked Phalarope: Global 4,000,000 with 2,500,000 in NA.
52. Red Phalarope: 1,000,000
Four Additional Species:
1. Gray-tailed Tattler: Confirmed breeding record for Alaska.
2. Red-necked Stint: A few dozen breed in Alaska.
3. Curlew Sandpiper: A few dozen breed in Alaska.
4. Ruff: A few dozen breed in Alaska.
This 64 page report (Occasional Paper Number 104) is available from:
Publications
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3
(819) 997-1095
(819) 997-2756 (fax)
cws-scf(AT)ec.gc.ca
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca
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Subject: Re: Bush's 1st Big Hit - HELP!
From: Paul Dickson <Paul(AT)MORRISDICKSON.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 4:00pm
Labird: While respecting your concern and sincerity James, I must offer a
differing view on this issue and the "Ed Asner" approach to conservation.
The 1970's saw the confrontational style of the anti-war movement carry over
to environmental issues. "SAVE THE...." was certain to bring in dollars to
whatever group used it because we all wanted to save things and felt good
about contributing money and letters to saving natural things. And face it,
people love to fight things that have been demonized. That confrontational
approach saved very little in its day. Whales have perhaps benefited some
but still face serious threats at sea apart from commercial taking. The
Bald eagle, the Peregrine, and many other birds owe their whole being now to
the outlawing of DDT. A few articulate scientists did that with little
public input. The Peregrine was reintroduced as was the Wild Turkey without
controversy and with much corporate money fueling hardworking scientists and
volunteers. They are still logging the Tongass, drying up the Everglades,
farming wetlands, cutting bottomland hardwood, whaling, felling rainforests
and other things that we might think were "saved" or "stopped". Most other
endangered species of the 70's are still endangered or are extinct.
Fighting didn't work. Moreover, it backfired. The emotional appeals
galvanized the other side, demonizing the environmentalists. Thus we have
The Wise Use Movement, and other landowner rights advocates that wish to
undo all we might wish to do. No good comes of this. Fortunately,
conservation in this decade is turning to a more cooperative and productive
style. Perhaps the generation that wanted to fight just got older and wiser
and learned that the best way to get things done is to roll up your sleeves
and work rather than scream.
The Nature Conservancy, DU, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the
Peregrine Fund and a few other habitat oriented groups have put their
respective creatures in much better shape by buying habitat and working with
not against the economic interests. Oil, as much as we use it, waste it,
argue over it, fear it, fight for it, and fight against it, has never
endangered any species. I spent a week on Prince William Sound two years
ago and you cannot tell that it was ever the sight of a spill. All wildlife
species recovered in the geologic time equivalent of an eye-blink. I spent
a week on an oil rig in the Gulf that was as clean as a hospital. I am not
supporting drilling in the Arctic here, I love the Arctic and hate the idea
of development there. But I realize that the Arctic NWR will be drilled.
Its not a matter of if, only when. I also am getting very chaffed at facade
conservation organizations like Defenders and Hollywood types that speak for
them that would not know a lemming or breeding Jaeger from a rat or pigeon.
They exploit these situations for their own gain, rely on emotion, not on
good science nor good strategy. Their goal is to get you upset and thus get
your money. In doing so, they make it very difficult for those of us who
are saving and restoring habitat. Defenders and their like don't save
anything in the end but their 501c3 charters.
Instead of fighting the tide, build a boat. Write your congressman in your
words, not Ed Asner's, and ask him to make sure that the Arctic NWR drilling
results in no net loss of wildlife. That means for every acre of habitat
damaged, at least one acre should be put aside, restored or protected for
wildlife somewhere that birds very much need it. What's more ask him to
keep you informed so that you can see what is really going on with these
issues rather than getting it all though the kaleidoscope filter of special
interest lobbying groups.
Paul Dickson
-----Original Message-----
From: James Beck [mailto:buteo(AT)WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 1:58 PM
To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
Subject: Fwd: Bush's 1st Big Hit - HELP!
All,
FYI from NEOORN. Please visit the site below for information and
to sign the petition against drilling in Alaska.
James
>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 05:05:04 -0500
>Reply-To: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical
>Birds <NEOORN-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
>Sender: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical
>Birds <NEOORN-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
>From: "Sebastian K. Herzog" <skherzog(AT)COMPUSERVE.COM>
>Subject: Bush's 1st Big Hit - HELP!
>To: NEOORN-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
>
>NEOORN:
>sorry for possible cross-postings and that this does not have much to do
>with neotropical
>birds......but I think you will agree that it is of sad interest.
>
>Sebastian Herzog
>
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>
>Von: "Patricia B. Caffrey", INTERNET:pcaffrey(AT)wwfbolivia.org
>An:
> "Sebastian Herzog", skherzog
>
>Datum: 12.02.101 15:59
>
>BE: Bush's 1st Big Hit - HELP!
>
>
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>Please consider signing the petition to "Save the Artic Refuge". The
>petition can be accessed as described below - enter the following website:
>http://www.savearcticrefuge.org.
>
>This is a real threat!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Trish
>
>{ SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1}We're today launching a petition drive in support of
>protecting the Arctic Refuge.
> > This is our first use of the Internet technique of using what's called a
>"flash" video
> > cartoon in support of our cause. I thought you might enjoy seeing it.
Ed
>Asner was
> > kind enough to narrate the cartoon. Besides putting pressure on the
>Congress and
> > White House, of course, another purpose is to build our list of email
>names for the
> > many battles ahead. That's why the it is a "viral" petition ... we want
>folks to sign the
> > petition and then send it on to their friends ... i.e. start what
amounts
>to a chain letter.
> > We'll see how it works.
> >
> > A word of warning. If you have an older and therefore slower computer,
>you may
> > not be able to see the cartoon. Or, it may be only partially visible,
and
>Ed's voice
> > indistinguishable. Let me know what you think. Best wishes -- Rodger
> >
> > ----------------------
> > **URGENT**: JOIN The Internet Campaign to Save the Arctic National
>Wildlife
> > Refuge from Big Oil!
> >
> > If you only help one environmental cause this year, please make it this
>one! Be sure
> > to forward the petition to your friends!
> >
> > Help us stop the big international oil companies from drilling in the
>heart of America's
> > most magnificent wildlife sanctuary, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
>in Alaska.
> > Often called "America's Serengeti", the Refuge is home to caribou, musk
>oxen, polar
> > bears, wolves, arctic foxes, millions of migratory birds and hundreds of
>other animals.
> > Oil drilling, construction activity and oil spills would inflict
terrible
>damage on the
> > fragile arctic ecosystem and kill wildlife. The Refuge is also America's
>most important
> > onshore polar bear nursery ground. Polar bears would likely be driven
from
>their
> > dens by the onslaught of aircraft, ships, trucks, road and pipeline
>construction, and
> > drilling -- possibly leaving their cubs to die. Oil development risks
>another massive oil
> > spill like the Exxon Valdez disaster. It simply isn't worth six months'
>oil that wouldn't
> > reach market for 10 years or more.
> >
> > To stop Big Oil, we need your help to demand that President Bush and
>Congress
> > NOT allow drilling in the Arctic Refuge. If we're to save the Refuge, we
>need to
> > make this the biggest Internet environmental petition ever. We need
>millions of
> > people to call for the Refuge to be protected from the devastation
caused
>by oil
> > drilling. Insist that President Bush and Congress NOT allow drilling in
>this unique
> > Arctic wilderness -- one of the few truly wild places left. We should
no
>more allow
> > drilling here than in Yellowstone Park or the Grand Canyon.
> >
> > We've created a special animated video at the cutting edge of Internet
>technology, to
> > assist the campaign to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
> >
> > { HYPERLINK "http://www.defenders.org/arcticvideo;" }To view the video
>and take action, click here:
> > { HYPERLINK
>"http://www.savearcticrefuge.org/video"
}http://www.savearcticrefuge.org/vid
>eo
> >
> > -or-
> >
> > To take action without viewing the video, click here:
> > { HYPERLINK
>"http://www.savearcticrefuge.org" }http://www.savearcticrefuge.org
> >
> > Whichever you do, please forward the message to friends and family who
>share your
> > desire to protect the environment. With millions of petitions, our
>collective voice will
> > be heard by decision-makers in Washington.
>
>
>
>
>
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Metairie, LA
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Subject: Re: Bush's 1st Big Hit - HELP!
From: James Beck <buteo(AT)WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 4:20pm
Okay, apparently I made a mistake forwarding this from NEOORN. I thought I
put "FYI", and was not intending for a political ho-hum. I'm sure everyone
has their political views, and how to fight habitat destruction, etc. I am
not the founder nor initiator of Defenders, or whatever. Just passing
along some information. Now, in the words of R.D. Purrington, "back to
BIRDS....".
James
________________________________________________________________
James Beck
Metairie, LA
buteo(AT)worldnet.att.net
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Subject: Re: Bush's, Thanks Paul
From: Pat and Hubert Hervey <Patandhubert(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 5:50pm
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Thank you Paul Dickson for your common sense approach to saving
environmentally sensitive areas. I have never liked the approach of so
called tree-huggers, and those who let sentiment interfere with objectivity,
where wild-life is concerned. Confrontation only leads to strengthening
those forces whom one confronts. Compromise and agreement on saving the most
important sites from development can accomplish much. Being a stewart of my
land, and the creatures living on my land has long been a priority, nearly as
important as making a living. Many farmers and land owners feel the same.
Let us make a decent living, and wildlife will benefit also.
Hubert Hervey, Stonewall, LA
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Subject: Re: Mark Swan's Bullock Oriole
From: Bill Wood <labirder(AT)SHREVE.NET>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 7:07pm
David, Labirders and all,
I sure hope you weren't birding in Louisiana!!! Kidding aside, obviously
you went birding out west, but where? So, is this a quiz or you going to
just leave us hanging? I'm guessing southern California maybe.
Continued great work on the LOS web site.
At 09:36 AM 2/13/2001, you wrote:
>Mark Swan's Bullock Oriole is now online and accessible from the LOS
>homepage: http://losbird.org
>
>Sorry for the delay in posting his photos to the website, but I was off
>birding this weekend. Let's see...Mountain Plover, Gray Flycatcher,
>Hutton's Vireo, Red Crossbill, Cassin's Finch, Townsend's Solitaire,
>Golden Eagle, Priairie Falcon, Costa's Hummingbird, etc. Oh yeah, and
>Eurasian Collared-Dove.
>
>Regards,
>
>David J. L'Hoste
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Subject: Bird Sightings - Time To Lighten UP??
From: "Jay V. Huner" <jjhuner(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 9:38pm
I saw several harbringers of spring today:
1. South Lafayette - Lafayette Parish, Louisiana - there was a flock
of about 30 Cedar Waxwings feeding in a "blooming" tree several blocks
from my home this morning.
2. UL Lafayette Farm - St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
A. There were 6 Double-crested Cormorants and 2 Neotropic Cormorants
feeding in our 14.4 acre crawfish pond today. The emergent vegetation
has deteriorated to the point that there is a good bit of open water
AND there are enough large crawfish to attract the cormorants.
B. There is a flock of over 50 gulls - mostly Ring-billed Gulls but
some Laughing Gulls - overflying my ponds every morning and feeding in
the crawfish/wetland mitigation system just the north of our unit.
Gulls and cormorants seem to show up when crawfish are molting in
"early" spring. They are both chowing down on crawfish.
C. There is a flock of about 120 American Coots on my main pond
system. They show up as weather warms and may represent birds from
further south staging for their trek to the north.
D. There was a flock of about 15 Yellow-rumped Warblers "flycatching"
from trees along the main drainage coulee (ditch to folks north of
Bunkie) this afternoon.
Wonder if the Lake Fausse Point State Park Ovenbird I saw Sunday was
the first migrating warbler or a survivor of the winter?
Good Birding, Jay Huner
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Subject: White-tailed Hawk IMMATURE at Welch dump
From: Mark Swan <markruthswan(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 10:45pm
LABIRDERS
I saw an 1st-winter White-tailed Hawk
at the Welch dump this evening just after
5 PM, 13 Feb 2001. I talked to Phillip
Wallace who told me that the WTHA he and
others saw in December was an adult. The
pictured bird appears to be a 1st winter
bird. So what's going on? What's the
chance that an stray immature would adopt
the exact location that the stray adult
had been using the last couple (or three?)
winters? Assuming that adult was 1 bird.
Are they nesting here?!? Anyone have
any clues to this puzzle?
Once again, I've e-mailed David L'Hoste
some video for www.losbird.org
Mark Swan
Baton Rouge
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