Hi Kayo, Was there not a study done years ago by the Sierra club international which suggests if Birders, Environmentalists, Hunters and Anglers joined forces that this make up 60 % of the voting population?
Cheers, Dean J Ware deanwa...@gmail.com On Thu., Jul. 4, 2019, 1:10 p.m. Kayo Roy via ONTBIRDS, < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > As a subscriber to GeneseeBirds I received this message posted by Lynn > Braband of Cornell University that may be of interest to Ontbird members. > The message contains a link to a survey comparing birders and hunters. The > survey contains a fair bit of detail about Canadian birders. > > Here is the note to GeneseeBirds....and the link. > I am reading about a large series of surveys (one each of birders, > waterfowl hunters, and the general public) sponsored by a collaboration of > government agencies, universities, and NGO’s www.nawmp.org/documents . > > > One of the striking results is how, in many ways, birders and hunters are > demographically similar, and different from the general population. > > Birders and waterfowl hunters are both generally older and less diverse > than the general population. The median ages were 50 for hunters and 61 for > birders. According to the U. S. Census, the median age in the U. S. is 39. > Nationwide, 97 percent of waterfowl hunters in the survey said they were > Caucasian, compared to 95 percent of birders. Overall, the U.S. population > is about 77 percent Caucasian. > > > > Best > > Kayo > > Kayo Roy > 13 Kinsman Court > Fonthill, ON > L0S 1E3 > kayo...@cogeco.ca > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
