Sounds like a great idea to me, Laura. I have enjoyed birding that area many times and would be happy to contribute to a fund like that.
Earl Orf -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu] On = Behalf Of Laura Erickson Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:41 PM To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu; mnb...@lists.mnbird.net; Pam Perry Subject: [mou] Sax-Zim suggestion When I bird in Sax-Zim, I follow pretty much the same route every time, = and=20 don't really know where many of the houses with feeders are. But I do = peek=20 in on four feeders when I'm birding there. Maybe those of us who bird=20 there should compile a list of the houses with feeders, and start a fund = to=20 give all the people with feeders a big bag of seed and a nice bird book = as=20 a thank-you for "using" their property for our own enjoyment, and a = letter=20 asking if in the future they'd mind people birding there. I think we = could=20 possibly develop some sort of magnet people could put on their = mailboxes,=20 with binoculars for those who don't mind birders looking in, and = binoculars=20 with a red circle/slash for those who DO mind. Does that sound like a reasonable approach? Any other suggestions? Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Producer, "For the Birds" radio program <http://www.lauraerickson.com/> There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of=20 birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains = of=20 nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-...@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net