Hooray for SeEtta, and thank you. Who's next? Jim Williams Wayzata On Mar 16, 2005, at 9:25 PM, SeEtta Moss wrote:
Hi all, I will put out the challenge to other out-of-state birders like myself who enjoyed the owl invasion. I would suggest that each of us donate between 2-5% of the cost of our trip to Minnesota (this should be somewhat proportional to each persons financial status). SeEtta Moss Canon City, Colorado >I'm with you Jim. > >I've taken enough images this winter that the least I >can do is donate. > >$90 for the 90 birds. I worked there for two years in >college and think they are great. > >Terry >--- Jim Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll contribute a dollar per Great Gray Owl seen > > this winter, give or > > take five dollars. Put me down for $50. How about > > the rest of you? Are > > the owls worth helping or just worth seeing? > > > > And how about the MOU? With a quarter million > > dollars in the bank, can > > it afford to help an owl or two? > > > > Jim Williams > > Wayzata > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 16, 2005, at 5:45 PM, [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > The University of Minnesota's Raptor Center has > > admitted over 90 great > > gray owls this winter. The owls are coming from > > collision injuries > > with vehicles as opposed to starvation and the > > average cost of a > > surgical patient at TRC is $1500. Typically this > > time of year is slow > > at TRC but with the unusually high patient load, the > > center is facing > > some financial constraints. > > > > The Kathering B Andersen Fund of the Saint Paul > > Foundation is offering > > a 1:1 matching challenge grant to The Raptor Center, > > so any money > > donate right now will be matched dollar for dollar. > > > > If you have been enjoying the great gray owls this > > winter please > > consider making a donation. The Raptor Center > > receives more than 50% > > of it's budget from contributions. They take in a > > lot of birds and > > none of them have health insurance. You can call in > > or donate online > > at www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu. > > _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
