Oxpeckers and such birds on other continents could give us some purposes. Although apparently the story is muddy: see http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/2/154.full <http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/2/154.full>
Anne > On Oct 22, 2015, at 3:12 PM, Asher Hockett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Once I tried to persuade to my wife that all creatures have a purpose in the > scheme of nature, and she responded with, "Ticks, even?" I must admit I was > at a loss to reply. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Melanie Uhlir <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Eeeew. Ticks are one species I would love to see become extinct. > > On 10/22/2015 2:46 PM, Paul Anderson wrote: > A couple of years ago when we had that mild winter, I got a tick on the > Christmas Bird Count. Not the FOY species I was hoping for! > > -Paul > > On 10/22/2015 2:22 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > Some of my animals and I have all had multiple ticks on us in the last 2 > weeks, after a summer of relative freedom from them. > I am a tick magnet and had 3 on my levis yesterday, then one trying to embed > in my thigh, later! Ick! > Donna > > Lansing Station Road > Lansing, NY > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Melanie > Uhlir > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:17 PM > To: Carolyn McMaster <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>; 'Ann Mitchell' <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>; CAYUGABIRDS-L > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks > > Good grief! Thank you for the heads-up!! > > Melanie > > On 10/22/2015 1:39 PM, Carolyn McMaster wrote: > Dr. Carolyn McMaster here, > Just a note of caution for all you fellow birders. This is the season > when ticks are most active. Even after it freezes, if it goes above > freezing during the day, the ticks will be foraging for a blood meal. > Only after continual hard frosts will they go dormant. Lyme disease > is becoming more and more common around here. > Carolyn > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Ann > Mitchell > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:33 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks > > Just a heads up. I know I am attracted to ticks, or the other way > around, but they are still with us. 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