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It is also illegal to throw cigarette butts out of a car or to tear off = the tag on a mattress. Realistic enforcement of these laws is not = realistic at all - and I hate the butts all over the sidewalks and = roads! =20 =20 =20 Mark Alt Brooklyn Center, MN [email protected] "Birds and their songs are important to me, they add to my enjoyment of = life"=20 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hendrickson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:13 PM To: MOU MOU-Net Subject: [mou] Feathers A birder wanted to know where he could find feathers for birds for his = collection and wanted to know the best times. Laura Erickson chimed in = by saying this is a illegal activity. I agree it is but I thought about = how my daughter was excited and was surprised when she found a Barred = Owl feather laying on a hiking trail in Lanesboro, Mn. =20 I could of said "STOP!!!! Becca that is ILLEGAL put that feather down = before we get fined" I thought nothing of it and let her take it home = for her to enjoy since she has some interest in birds. I also wonder = about the many times I led or co-led groups to Lake County Rd. 2 for = Spruce Grouse and a few times we found a dead Spruce Grouse with = feathers all over the road and many of the birders took a tail feather = home. OOOOPS that was a illegal acitivity on their part. How about the = many times birders find a Turkey feather and take it home or a Blue Jay = feather? Are we going to turn in every birder that grabs a feather on = the ground! If so I better go to Canal Park and keep all those tourists = from picking up all those feathers left by the Ring-billed Gulls that = are molting about now. =20 Yes there are laws and yes I would guess there are a small fraction of = birders that will pluck feathers from birds (LOLOL) to get a needed = feather or rob a active nest to get a feather but I would guess 99.9% of = birders don't engage in those kinds of activities. =20 =20 Take care =20 Mike Hendrickson ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3516C.BEE803A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:v xmlns:o><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3DMailContainerBody=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: = normal; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: = none"=20 leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 name=3D"Compose message area" = CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 acc_role=3D"text"> <DIV><SPAN class=3D954454722-23072003>It is also illegal to throw = cigarette butts=20 out of a car or to tear off the tag on a mattress. Realistic = enforcement=20 of these laws is not realistic at all - and I hate the butts all over = the=20 sidewalks and roads!</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D954454722-23072003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D954454722-23072003> <P> </P> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D1><I></I></FONT><I></I><I> </P> <P><FONT size=3D2>Mark Alt<BR>Brooklyn Center,=20 MN<BR>[email protected]<BR><BR>"Birds and their songs are important = to me,=20 they add to my enjoyment of life" </FONT></P></I></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT=20 face=3DTahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Michael = Hendrickson=20 [mailto:[email protected]]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 23, 2003 = 4:13=20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> MOU MOU-Net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mou]=20 Feathers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>A birder wanted to know where he could find feathers for birds = for his=20 collection and wanted to know the best times. Laura Erickson chimed in = by=20 saying this is a illegal activity. I agree it is but I thought = about how=20 my daughter was excited and was surprised when she found a Barred Owl = feather=20 laying on a hiking trail in Lanesboro, Mn.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I could of said "STOP!!!! Becca that is ILLEGAL put that feather = down=20 before we get fined" I thought nothing of it and let her take it home = for her=20 to enjoy since she has some interest in birds. I also wonder = about the=20 many times I led or co-led groups to Lake County Rd. 2 for Spruce = Grouse and a=20 few times we found a dead Spruce Grouse with feathers all over the = road and=20 many of the birders took a tail feather home. OOOOPS that was a = illegal=20 acitivity on their part. How about the many times birders find a = Turkey=20 feather and take it home or a Blue Jay feather? Are we going to turn = in every=20 birder that grabs a feather on the ground! If so I better go to = Canal=20 Park and keep all those tourists from picking up all those feathers = left by=20 the Ring-billed Gulls that are molting about now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yes there are laws and yes I would guess there are a small = fraction of=20 birders that will pluck feathers from birds (LOLOL) to get a = needed=20 feather or rob a active nest to get a feather but I would guess 99.9% = of=20 birders don't engage in those kinds of activities. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Take care</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike Hendrickson</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3516C.BEE803A0--
