Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl udpates

2013-12-11 Thread Linda Orkin
Gary. I disagree with your analysis of this situation. JFK airport has been there for a long time with many winters of Snowy Owl irruptions. It was mentioned that in earlier years there was an actual expert there who did trap and relocate. So what happened? There should have been a non-lethal

[cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl udpates

2013-12-10 Thread Dave Nutter
Thank-you, everyone, for compiling the information (making) videos, and helping the Port Authority mend their ways. I was "struck" by one irony in the newscast, however. I'm familiar with the term "bird-strike," and I had always considered it as shorthand for the pilot saying, "We've struck a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl udpates

2013-12-10 Thread Linda Orkin
The other thing that I was thinking about this is that they said planes were struck by migrating owls. I couldn't imagine how killing owls that had already arrived could ever solve that problem. Linda Orkin Sent from my iPhone On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl udpates

2013-12-10 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
I to applaud the quick activism, but I want to point out that the Port Authority's responsibility is safety for planes and passengers. I doubt anyone losing a loved one in a plane crash would be comforted knowing it was caused by a cute Snowy Owl instead of the more common Canada Goose. Boston

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl udpates

2013-12-10 Thread ABRAMOV, NORA
[image.png] Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edumailto:jg...@cornell.edu wrote: I to applaud the quick activism, but I want to point out that the Port Authority's responsibility is safety for planes and passengers. I doubt