I guess we shouldn't import Oxpeckers then. Ann Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 22, 2015, at 3:29 PM, AB Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > 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]> 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]] On Behalf Of Melanie >>>>> Uhlir >>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:17 PM >>>>> To: Carolyn McMaster <[email protected]>; 'Ann Mitchell' >>>>> <[email protected]>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <[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]] On Behalf Of Ann >>>>>> Mitchell >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:33 AM >>>>>> To: [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. I discovered one on me after a >>>>>> walk at Roy Park Preserve last evening. >>>>>> Good birding, >>>>>> Ann >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave >>>>>> .htm >>>>>> >>>>>> ARCHIVES: >>>>>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >>>>>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>>>>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>>>>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave >>>>>> .htm >>>>>> >>>>>> ARCHIVES: >>>>>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >>>>>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>>>>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>>>>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ARCHIVES: >>>>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >>>>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>>>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>>>> >>>>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>>>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ARCHIVES: >>>>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >>>>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>>>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>>>> >>>>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>>>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >>> >>> ARCHIVES: >>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>> >>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>> >>> -- >> >> >> >> -- >> asher >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
