I can remember a few years back I was doing a breeding bird survey in southwestern Minnesota with Steve Weston and we made a game out of counting how many ticks we each had pulled off of ourselves and each other.
Richard Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:57:02 -0400 Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks From: mpitzr...@gmail.com To: anneb.cl...@gmail.com CC: veery...@gmail.com; mela...@mwmu.com; p...@grammatech.com; cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu What purpose does it serve for us to judge nature and its parts as being good, bad or indifferent ... of service to us or otherwise? -Mike On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:29 PM, AB Clark <anneb.cl...@gmail.com> 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 <veery...@gmail.com> 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 <mela...@mwmu.com> 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: bounce-119809930-15001...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119809930-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Melanie Uhlir Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:17 PM To: Carolyn McMaster <c...@briarpatchvet.com>; 'Ann Mitchell' <annmitchel...@gmail.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> 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: bounce-119808363-47503...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119808363-47503...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ann Mitchell Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:33 AM To: cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu 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. 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