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Subject: [birders] RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 1 Jul 2009 11:17am
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Deforestation and loss of natural habitats and native ecosystems put a terr=
ible burden on the biodiversity of birds and other animals. What causes def=
orestation and loss of natural habitats and native ecosystems? How about hu=
man overpopulation and ecologically excessive consumption of natural resour=
ces! Yet President Obama and the current political elites that rule this co=
untry favor and are putting into place demographic policies that will conti=
nue and in the near future greatly increase the high human population growt=
h rates in the United States of adding more than 3 million people each year=
to our population. By 2050 our country could easily approach a total popul=
ation of 500 million people! Just think about what 500 million people in Am=
erica living the average American lifestyle of excessive consumption will d=
o for both the American and Worldwide environments.
If you want more deforestation=2C fewer natural habitats=2C and less biodiv=
ersity=2C by all means go with Obama's policies of high human population gr=
owth in America.
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor=2C Michigan
7/1/2009
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Subject: [birders] OT: Inappropriate posting
From: Dan Ezekiel <ezekiel(AT)aaps.k12.mi.us>
Date: 1 Jul 2009 12:01pm
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The second half of this posting (the screed against Pres. Obama) is
clearly out of bounds for birders. Roger, you are entitled to your
opinion (and you are a terrific birder and butterflyer), but at the
very minimum, this posting should have been labeled OT!
Happy Birding,
Dan Ezekiel
On Jul 1, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Roger Kuhlman wrote:
> Deforestation and loss of natural habitats and native ecosystems put
> a terrible burden on the biodiversity of birds and other animals.
> What causes deforestation and loss of natural habitats and native
> ecosystems? How about human overpopulation and ecologically
> excessive consumption of natural resources! Yet President Obama and
> the current political elites that rule this country favor and are
> putting into place demographic policies that will continue and in
> the near future greatly increase the high human population growth
> rates in the United States of adding more than 3 million people each
> year to our population. By 2050 our country could easily approach a
> total population of 500 million people! Just think about what 500
> million people in America living the average American lifestyle of
> excessive consumption will do for both the American and Worldwide
> environments.
>
> If you want more deforestation, fewer natural habitats, and less
> biodiversity, by all means go with Obama's policies of high human
> population growth in America.
>
> Roger Kuhlman
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
> 7/1/2009
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Subject: [birders] bobolinks
From: Sherri Smith <grackle(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 1 Jul 2009 1:01pm
Lisa,
Farmers cut hay to maximize protein content. No one wants to feed
their cows or horses worthless hay. So they have to do it when they
do or it loses value fast. It won't be easy to convince a farmer to
delay cutting.
Sherri Smith
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Subject: [birders] Re:Bobolinks
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 1 Jul 2009 2:42pm
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By hay are we talking about alfalfa-clover mixes? If so=2C I didn't know th=
ey had a significant protein content.
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I thought the cutting of alfalfa-clover mixes was maximized on quantity and=
re-growth potential of the crop.
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Roger Kuhlman
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Sherri Wrote:
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Lisa=2C
Farmers cut hay to maximize protein content. No one wants to feed =20
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do or it loses value fast. It won't be easy to convince a farmer to =20
delay cutting.
Sherri Smith
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Subject: [birders] Holland Ponds update
From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 1 Jul 2009 8:32pm
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Well, the heron kids are leaving - fast! We at least hope they chose to
leave, rather than being blown out by the fierce storms that hit Macomb Co.
at the end of last week. We went there Monday morning (June 29) for a couple
of hours. Following our normal pattern, we walked the long way to the
rookery - i.e., down the main road to Waterfowl Pond, around west toward the
treatment plant, then back to the rookery. Species list follows.
All of the heron nests look fine (truly amazing architecture to build with
"chopsticks"!). The oldest (top) nest (where "Junior" lived) now has only
one kid in it instead of the original "fab four". Other kids in the same
tree were also missing from the nests. The kids that are left are actively
flapping, lifting off, and thinking about leaving home (I presume.). On
another set of nests, we watched a kid actually leave home (something I had
wanted to see!), then fly a circle route and come back to the nest (I really
wondered if they left forever once they lifted off, or just practiced).
So . now what? Are the parents teaching them to fish? How do they find each
other? Or, maybe, do they stay home until a parent comes to take them on a
"special fishing expedition" (and then "dumps them" after the lesson)? How
do they learn? Yes, always questions!!!
Soon we will see empty nests. We felt sad already (yes, I know it is silly!)
that "our kids" were leaving home- what will it be like without seeing the
kids when we go to Holland Ponds? But, what a wonderful spring to be able to
witness the entire heron nesting process for the first time!!!! What a
treasure!
Species list:
Chickadees
RWBBs
Robins
Tree Swallows (both parents feeding kids in some nest boxes - decent pics -
mostly the parents do not even go into the box anymore - guess the kids are
getting big and waiting at the door with open mouths!)
Cedar Waxwing
Great Egret
Catbirds (several - these are like Cendra's Robins to us - they talk to us,
and they are unafraid! They tell us many stories - we just wish we
understood!)
Bluebirds
Jays
Eastern Kingbird - in the same place by the shelter, but this time eating a
moth! - (decent pic! Cool!)
Possible Orchard Oriole sighting, but too brief to be sure
Cardinals (heard)
Some dinky bird - prob. Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Downy Woodpecker
Grackles
Goldfinches
Wood ducks (finally saw some again! It looked like nursery school or an
extended family -one female and seven fairly large kids)
Green Heron flying (another birder briefly saw one fishing)
And we saw a few dinky toads still hopping around in shaded areas between
lakes. We especially enjoyed seeing parents with a "dinky kid" passing along
their fascination with nature! The kid loved the toads (and, BTW, was not
allowed to touch).
It's always fun!!! We never know what we will see.
(I have not posted pics yet.)
Cheers!
"Dr. Bob" Setzer
Streamwood Estates, Rochester Hills (Crooks & Hamlin), Oakland County
"Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird"
is much harder!
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Subject: [birders] ID Help
From: MARSACKATOM(AT)aol.com
Date: 1 Jul 2009 9:43pm
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This evening I looked out my window and saw what I thought was a robin,
smaller possibly, eating the old cherries I had put out under a tree. The
only thing was, this bird had a white spot about the size of a dime on both
wingtips. Any help? Thanks, KM
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Subject: [birders] Re: ID Help
From: CATHERINE CARROLL <songsparrow(AT)wowway.com>
Date: 1 Jul 2009 10:27pm
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KM, Check your field guide for the possibility of Eastern Towhee.=20
Cathy Carroll=20
Dearborn, MI=20
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Subject: [birders] ID Help=20
This evening I looked out my window and saw what I thought was a robin, sma=
ller possibly, eating the old cherries I had put out under a tree.=C2=A0 Th=
e only thing was, this bird had a white spot about the size of a dime on bo=
th wingtips.=C2=A0 Any help?=C2=A0 Thanks, KM=20
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