Kayo- Many Birders may not know this but if they go to their local Canada Post office and purchase a "Duck Stamp" these monies go directly to Marsh habitat.
Best investment for only $20 bucks and you get a collector's stamp which we have seen increases in value. Win win! Cheers, Dean J Ware deanwa...@gmail.com On Thu., Jul. 4, 2019, 5:59 p.m. Dean Ware, <deanwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
