A few birders have sent me e-mails complaining about people using lures to attract owls. The described lures were pieces of cloth or fur (in one case, a sock) attached to a fishing line. In each case, one of the state listservices (usually MOU-Net) was apparently monitored to initially find these owls. I find this unethical, so for now, I will no longer include any owls on the statewide RBA.
Please note that I am not asking anyone to refrain from posting their own owl sightings, though I do hope all birders would at least consider it. This is not a decision I make lightly. If you disagree, I am perfectly willing to have a constructive dialog about it. Anthony Hertzel RBA Compiler Minnesota Ornithologists' Union ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
