What diminishes it is when the Snowy Owl has a big bright patch of dye on the top of its head and a huge wing tag. Im sorry, banding for the sake of science is one thing, and doing it discretely with small metal bands around the leg is fine. Painting a birds head and then putting a massive tag on its wing is completely another and it disgusts me. Somehow seeing a snowy owl that is painted green just doesn't do it for me. Leave the birds alone. That isn't research.
Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. Fridley, MN (763) 572-5320 [email protected] >>> Ann and Manley Olson <[email protected]> 02/08/2004 20:26:58 PM >>> What is unfortuneate about seeing a marked bird?Many of the Perigrines we see in Minnesota are banded.When you are leading an MOU field trip do you discount banded birds if you happen to see the band? I suspect for most of us a free-flying Snowy Owl is welcome on our lists and the joy of seeing it is not diminished by the fact that it is part of someones research study. Manley Olson Michael Hendrickson wrote: > On the Wisconsin State listserve a birder reported seeing the > Gyrfalcon is the Superior Harbor on Saturday in the afternoon but the > exact time was not given. I thought I give this a heads up for those > that might be heading this way. > > The Hawk Owl is still being seen in Spooner WI and the Snowy Owl at > the Superior Airport. Unfortunately the Owl is marked with dye with > a green tag wing tag. > > I guess if you want to see a unmarked bird go to Hutchinson, Mn. > > _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
