By the way, the Club took down the Crow Down announcements on their FB page. A few of us had already made comments.
Attached is the announcement for those of you that have not seen it. Stella "Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy ________________________________ From: Richard <richardpguth...@gmail.com> To: Jonathan Perez <jonathan.ape...@gmail.com> Cc: Lynne Hertzog <lynnehert...@gmail.com>; Cesar Castillo <czar3...@yahoo.com>; NYSBIRDS-L <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu>; Jim Osterlund <james...@optonline.net> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Crow Shoot scheduled in Greene County The congressman is actually Peter Lopez. But I think this is a rule generated or regulated at the state level. Sent from my wireless tin can On Mar 17, 2014, at 6:56, Jonathan Perez <jonathan.ape...@gmail.com> wrote: I am no longer in the metro area, but still a member of the list. As I am in DC, I usually think of who is the representative. >Paul Tonko, a Congressional Democrat in the House represents Palenville. > >Here is his contact from a general Google search. >http://tonko.house.gov/contact-me/ > >Hope that helps! This is inhumane, indeed. > >-Jonathan > > > >Jonathan A. Perez > >J.D. Candidate >American University Washington College of Law, 2015 >M.A., University of Virginia, 2008 >B.A., Bowdoin College 2005 > > > > > >On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Lynne Hertzog <lynnehert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Here is the page from the DEC on crow shooting. >>Doesn't seem right, shooting crows, at any time of year. >>http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/65847.html >>Lynne Hertzog >>On Mar 16, 2014 11:22 PM, "Cesar Castillo" <czar3...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>Is this just for sport, or is there a valid reason for this? >>>This reminds me of >>>The Birds of Killingworth by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow >>> >>> >>> >>>On Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:46 PM, Jim Osterlund <james...@optonline.net> >>>wrote: >>> >>>There aren't usually organized shoots, but you can "hunt" Corvids in Suffolk >>>County 4 days a week for half the year — September through March. They make >>>no distinction of species, so I suppose our feeble return of Corvus corax >>>only adds targets. >>>-- >>>NYSbirds-L List Info: >>>Welcome and Basics >>>Rules and Information >>>Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>>Archives: >>>The Mail Archive >>>Surfbirds >>>BirdingOnThe.Net >>>Please submit your observations to eBird! >>>-- >>> >>> >>>-- >>>NYSbirds-L List Info: >>>Welcome and Basics >>>Rules and Information >>>Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>>Archives: >>>The Mail Archive >>>Surfbirds >>>BirdingOnThe.Net >>>Please submit your observations to eBird! >>>-- >>-- >>NYSbirds-L List Info: >>Welcome and Basics >>Rules and Information >>Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>Archives: >>The Mail Archive >>Surfbirds >>BirdingOnThe.Net >>Please submit your observations to eBird! >>-- > >-- >NYSbirds-L List Info: >Welcome and Basics >Rules and Information >Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >Archives: >The Mail Archive >Surfbirds >BirdingOnThe.Net >Please submit your observations to eBird! >-- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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