We need to start thinking outside of the box when it comes to "nature." Our culture has been conditioned to think of ourselves as being separate from nature, i.e., modernism and the machine. I think the Montezuma wildlife drive is a perfect example of that modernistic paradigm that is quickly becoming so last Century. We need to think of humans as being a part of nature. Our settlement patterns, our buildings, our food, our transportation. Modern glass buildings, for example. They kill birds. And, what about the materials they use and the energy needed to heat and cool them? Why do we have to build glass buildings? Monolithic agriculture. Tradition in architecture (local materials designed for a local climate), human settlements (walkable, diverse, complex), food. Tradition at the wildlife refuge! Things to think about.
On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 8:52 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: Because what happened after that! -----Original Message----- From: Marie P. Read Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 8:44 AM To: Meena Madhav Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion <they were not interfering with any of the management plans. > How do you know that????? M Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com/ Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin Available here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/G0000NlCxX37uTzE/C0000BPFGij6nLfE ________________________________________ From: bounce-117689369-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-117689369-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 8:40 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion If the following is true why there is hunting allowed on the refuge? Is it better than foot traffic just disturbing them to some extent? It seems refuge managers are interfering with the nature in variety of ways by changing the habitats constantly. For example Benning Marsh was one of the shorebird habitat when created, now it is of no use to most birds, so was May's Point pool. Things keeping changing due to lack of proper sustained maintenance or due to 'supposed to be creating habitat'. Once upon a time there were several beautiful willows along the wildlife drive which were perfect spots for variety of birds to land and take refuge or use as strategic view points by birds, including Rusty Blackbirds, swallows, hawks, but one morning I found all of them cut down. Now it is like modern corn fields with acres of cattails or then it was loose strife. Why? I have no clues, they were not interfering with any of the management plans. Meena 2. For MNWR the mission statement is: Montezuma National Wildlife refuge provides resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds. Montezuma is situated in the middle of one of the most active flight lanes in the Atlantic Flyway. Best, John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
