Re: [mou-net] Baiting Owls

2011-11-04 Thread Terence Brashear
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Re: [mou-net] Baiting Owls

2011-11-04 Thread Anthony Hertzel
With regard to the recent discussion on posting the locations of winter owls (and all it has morphed into), the MOU Committee given the task of creating and maintaining this Listservice now insists that this particular thread be moved to private back channels. Anthony Hertzel MOU ECC member ---

Re: [mou-net] Baiting Owls

2011-11-04 Thread Jesse Schabert
Mike, from your initial posting myself and I suspect many others saw where this would go, I think you probably knew as well. While I respect your opinion, and may agree or disagree with you, this is not an opinion forum, a forum for lecturing or a place to argue about anything really. I enjoy th

[mou-net] Baiting Owls

2011-11-04 Thread Michael Hendrickson
The risk of baiting owls are always weighed against the rewards. There are so many negatives to owl baitingĀ  which include endangering the birds, unfit or diseased food and that it seems obvious to me that it's not worth the risk. The use of live mice increases the chances for this illusion

[mou-net] Baiting Owls

2011-01-21 Thread Frank Gosiak
I'm responding to the recent postings about baiting in owls with fishing line and cloth (or fur). Recently, a fellow birder came across a Rough Legged Hawk that was hanging upside down (dead) from its legs high up in a tree. It was tangled up and could not free itself which eventually led to its de