I have the same question Chris West raised about the rationale for the language in the bill. Is this really about owl harassment or is it about protecting owls from persons who might see them as predators/varmints, to deter such people from "taking" them (to use the Migratory Bird Treaty Act euphemism). Regardless, why are owls being singled out here? Is it OK, then, to harass other bird species or to lure them for whatever purpose?
I have no idea if Mike Hendrickson has ulterior motives, but I thought his post to be very reasonable and informative. I personally believe that there are lots of good reasons to try to lure birds closer (as others have already stated). When it becomes an ethical problem, in my opinion, is when it is done repeatedly to an individual bird, as can happen in the case of rare bird occurrences and birding selfishness overriding sound judgment. Marshall Howe ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
