Folks, Do yourselves and more importantly bird conservation a lot of good by finding something more biologically meaningful to focus on rather than whether 5 or 10 Sandhill Cranes are going to be killed by hunters in Minnesota during a crane season. This is the kind of thing that makes folks like myself (and believe me we are many) who have a wildlife biology/management background sneer at birders. Its wasted useless energy! Pick a habitat issue, any habitat issue, and immerse yourself. Heck even join hands with the blood-thirsty hunters and contribute to funds that set aside acres for wetland conservation or prairie preservation. God knows southwest Minnesota could stand some of that as I briefly lived there. Pheasants Foreever has done marvelous work down there to the extent that they can. Join such an effort, and truly help birds for a change. Don't bite the hand that has so productively fed you! Hunting dollars have done more good per acre (and that's what counts) than any other source of conservation revenue. Many non-game species have places to call home thanks to these funds. There is no logical reason for the antagonism that many birders have toward hunting. Eric Harrold Urbana, IL
---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
