I agree. A stopped in the restaurant in Cotton and had a very good pastie, then when the waitress asked if I was a birder, I had my binos on, she asked why so many owls around? WE ended up in a discussion with about 7 people there about why the owls were here and what the names of the big fluffy grey one is and the ones with the big black stripes on their head were. At this time, we had not seen any of the "Big Black striped ones", so we were humbled at them claiming they were all over, you can't miss them. For the afternoon, that proved to be true.
Mark Alt Manager of Project Management Supply Chain Transformation Office Best Buy Co., Inc. [email protected] (w) 612-291-6717 (Cell) 612-803-9085 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laura Erickson Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 8:17 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [mou] Re: [mnbird] Sax Zim thought Shaun's comments about wearing binoculars into restaurants and gas stations, and also trying to boost the local economy in the Sax-Zim area are very important. And there's more than one reason to let locals know you're a birder. Not only can we give people a good impression of us, and let them know that it's in their own self-interest to maintain bird habitat, but also we can get good tips about where birds are. Once when I was in the grocery store in Meadowlands, and mentioned to the cashier that I was there birding, she told me about a Great Gray Owl that had been frequenting her property, and gave me precise directions. And several times when I've been in the gas/station-coffee shop, people sitting around have started asking questions and telling their own owl stories. It's a great way to build bridges that will help us all in the long run. And it's good for the birds as well. Laura Erickson Duluth, MN NOTE address change: [email protected] Producer, "For the Birds" radio program <http://www.lauraerickson.com/> There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
