Well said, Steve. Your post gives clear, postive reasons to support the MOU. However, the level of discussion on this subject has been dragged down by a couple of individuals. I am here to read about birds, not personal attacks by children.
When I receive email that is obviously from an undesirable source or spam, I just delete it. Why waste time with junk. From now on I will do that with all posts from Mike Hendrickson, Larry Sirvio, and Richard Wood. Problem solved. Regards, Steve Slocum On Tuesday, August 14, 2007, at 11:18 PM, Steve Weston wrote: > Recently the question came up on why should someone join the Minnesota > Ornithologist's Union.? I joined after I became what I considered to be?a > serious birder.? Here are some of the?reasons why I continue to be a > member. > ? > 1)? It is the state organization of birders and as such, it is an?group > that I feel part of and want to associate with. > ? > 2)? I joined so I could start receiving "The Loon" publication, which I > read as soon as it arrives. > ? > 3)? I enjoy the paper session in December which I attend every year. > ? > 4)? Look at the website: http://moumn.org/?.? There ain't nothing like it > in any of the other states.? I especially like the occurrence maps > (http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/occurrence.pl?group=ducks&season=all?).??When > Tony Lau asked about Red-breasted Nuthatches in the summer in Wright > County, I checked the maps.? He definitely is living on the edge of its > range.? I found it interesting that there is a breeding record for Dakota > County, but no summer reports.? I?use the maps all the time.? There is > nothing like this on any other state organization website. > ? > 5)? Something that I appreciate is the support that MOU provides for > Christmas Bird Counts.? I use the list every year to help plan my schedule. > ? > 6)? The MOU provides grants for bird projects.? I am interested in whether > the nesting platforms for the Common Nighthawks will have an impact. > ? > 7)? They are the keepers of the data on what birds are being seen where in > the state. > ? > Yeah, you could report the birds you saw and use the website?for free.??B > ut, I?prefer to support the website, and the data collection, and the > publication of the Loon, and the grants, and the organization that puts > them together.? Thank you MOU people. > ? > Steve Weston > ?? > ? --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3252 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070815/e8cba9bf/attachment.bin
