Their purpose is to control human beings by spreading the microbes that harm them! I take it back, actually it is the disease spreading spirochetes that control the ticks. Probably it is not good for the ticks too when the spirochetes are growing in them as they will be demanding nutrition from the ticks. So don't blame the poor ticks. They are as helpless as we are!.
Meena From: bounce-119810283-3493...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-119810283-3493...@list.cornell.edu> [mailto:bounce-119810283-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of AB Clark Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 3:30 PM To: Asher Hockett Cc: Melanie Uhlir; Paul Anderson; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks 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<mailto: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<mailto: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> [mailto: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<mailto:c...@briarpatchvet.com>>; 'Ann Mitchell' <annmitchel...@gmail.com<mailto:annmitchel...@gmail.com>>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu<mailto: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> [mailto: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<mailto: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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