I don't personally know Mike, but I'd just like to say that I enjoy his postings to the list-serve. He frequently submits sightings, both personal and while he is guiding, with very good directions that are helpful to many on this list.
Thanks for posting, Mike, and I hope you continue to do so. I've used your posts to choose some birding destinations and they have been very helpful. Hope you don't let one grouch ruin it for everyone. Whether or not you agree with luring owls is your own opinion. But you needn't bad mouth birders who are very beneficial to the birding community. Dave > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:28:16 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Luring Owls might be Illegal in MN NO > To: [email protected] > > I think I am looking at the big picture: all commercial baiting and luring > practices should be stopped as professional naturalists clearly and > repeatedly say. > > Your commercial exploitation of the MOU list should also be stopped. > > You only post in order to promote your commercial "guiding" and always > include ads and links for that. > > Isn't this a NOT-FOR-PROFIT list and organization? The true not-for-profit > groups and their activities are easy to accept, but your efforts are not. > > Your efforts here show that you are ONLY a commercial exploiter, not a > naturalist or part of a not-for-profit group. > > > > _____ > > From: Michael Hendrickson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 1:59 PM > To: Chuck Cole > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Luring Owls might be Illegal in MN NO > > > Chuck: > > > You will have to include all the guides such as Kim Eckert, Erik Bruhnke, > Sparky Stensaas, Frank Nicoletti and all the folks at nature centers that > lead owl prowls plus state employees at state parks that lead walks that use > tapes to lure in owls for the people to view or listen to. > > > You have to look at the big picture Chuck. This also includes citizen > science projects like owl censusing that uses play back tapes to lure owls > to sing or have the owl fly towards the person who is censusing owls at > night. The amendment doesn't allow them to use inanimate objects to lure > owls. > > > Just trying my best to give you a broader sense of how this poorly written > bill effects a lot of people not just photographers. > > > Mike > > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Chuck Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Voting YES to prohibit all forms of baiting seems best for the birds and > other wildlife. Supporting such improper techniques for "guides" seems > especially bad, and such "guides" should be branded and banned as > undesirables. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Michael Hendrickson > > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 12:34 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [mou-net] Luring Owls might be Illegal in MN > > > > Hello: > > > > This post in not intended to create a fire storm about > > feeding owls on this > > listserv and my only intent is to just focus on section about > > luring owls > > with inanimate objects. > > > > This game bill amendment went through the Ways and Means > > Committee last > > week and is now sitting in limbo before the MN House of > > Representatives > > acts on it. I am concerned about the part where it says a > > person may not > > intentionally lure or feed an owl in the wild with any > > animate or inanimate > > object, food or animal. In my opinion a inanimate object > > could be a tape > > player, a smart phone with iBird Pro application on it or a > > portable CD > > player. If HF 2852 gets voted as written, then all paid > > birding guides, > > state park employees doing public owl tours and hikes, any > > nature center > > employee or volunteer leaders will no longer be able to use > > any inanimate > > object to lure an owl in to view the owl species or educate > > the public on > > owls. That means any night time owl census works in the state of MN > > during the spring months that is using call back tapes to get > > an owl to > > respond might be in violation as well IF the owl you are taping flies > > towards you (intentionally luring). To use an inanimate > > object ( any sound > > devices ) you might have to get a permit to do so. A petty > > misdemeanor has > > a fine up to $300.00 and the violation does not go on your > > record. Petty > > misdemeanors are not crimes and its like getting a parking ticket. > > > > I know for a fact that IF this amendment is passed it will effect all > > night time bird walks through out Minnesota (owl prowls) and > > paid birding > > guiding tours where leaders use sound devices (inanimate objects) to > > intentionally lure an owl species to their group for observation and > > photos. On another note IF this amendment gets passed and > > made into law, > > then you might be in violation if you are in the woods and > > you respond to a > > Barred Owl during the spring months (who-cooks-for-you) to > > intentionally > > lure the owl from its known location to your location could > > be in violation > > of the law since you are a animate object. Very confusing amendment, > > poorly written, waste of time and energy for our government > > officials to > > spend on. > > > > Please write your local state representative and tell him/her > > to vote no on > > this amendment. > > > > Minnesota HF 2852 > > > > Omnibus game and fish bill. > > > > Sec. 18. *[97A.346] PROHIBITION ON LURING OR FEEDING OWLS; * > > > > 8.2*PENALTY.* > > > > 8.3(a) A person may not intentionally lure or feed an owl in > > the wild with > > any animate > > > > 8.4or inanimate object, food, or animal. A person in violation of this > > section is guilty of a > > > > 8.5petty misdemeanor. > > > > 8.6(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person may use lures, bait, or > > traps to lure > > > > 8.7or feed an owl: > > > > 8.8(1) while conducting scientific research under a federal > > or state permit > > authorizing > > > > 8.9the collection of data, samples, or bird banding; or > > > > 8.10(2) while rescuing an ill or injured owl. > > > > 8.11(c) For the purposes of this section, "lure" means to purposefully > > attract a wild owl > > > > 8.12in an attempt to cause it to move from one location to another and > > "feed" means to put in > > > > 8.13place, in the presence of a wild owl, any living or > > frozen animal or > > facsimile. > > > > -- > > > > *Mike Hendrickson* > > > > *Mike Hendrickson Guiding <http://mikehendricksonguiding.com>* > > *Sax-Zim Bog <http://www.sax-zimbog.com>* > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mike Hendrickson > > Mike Hendrickson <http://mikehendricksonguiding.com> Guiding > > Sax-Zim <http://www.sax-zimbog.com> Bog > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
