[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, December3, 2004

[SSMORTON]

Many people use birds and critters for target practice out of ignorance.
They are not stupid people, just ill informed. Don't jump to conclusions. It
could also have been an accident...someone aiming at something else, even a
large branch, and hitting the owl by mistake.  They may not have even seen
it or even know that they shot it..It takes a keen eye to spot an owl.  I
think the solution to this problem is education.  Write your local paper,
offer to give a talk at a local club, organization, or school.  There are so
many positive things we well-informed birders can do.  If the culprit is
found, give them the "benefit of the doubt". Educate them. Take them out on
an owl watch. A positive makes change more easily than a negative. If the
shooting was done on purpose...Hey it's illegal to shoot owls so let's go
shoot some...well, I guess that is another story.  Just remember, we live in
a country where you are innocent until proven guilty and that's a good
thing!

Sue Morton, Cottonwood
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Fagyal" <Chris.Fagyal@udlp.com>
To: <mou-net@cbs.umn.edu>; <ajjoppru@wiktel.com>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, December3,
2004


> This sickens me.  Why would anyone shoot a Great Grey Owl, an owl whose
> primary food are rodents which most people consider pests (voles have a
> hasty habit of digging under fresh lawns and creating tracks all through
> the lawn..it really looks pretty let me tell ya).  I hope the person
> responsible for shooting an Owl gets caught, prosecuted, and stuck in
> jail for his/her stupidity.
>
>
> Chris Fagyal
> Senior Software Engineer
> United Defense, L.P. ASD
> Fridley, MN
> (763) 572-5320
> chris.fagyal@udlp.com
>
> >>> "Jeanie Joppru" <ajjoppru@wiktel.com> 12/02/2004 20:22:27 PM >>>
> [snip]
>
> Owls are again the big news this week. From Lake of the Woods County,
> Gretchen Mehmel sent in a secondhand report of two GREAT GRAY OWLS at
> Long Point on Lake of the Woods on November 27th. These were spotted
> by
> a resident there. Jeff Birchem picked up a dead one that had been shot
> near Warroad. Two more were picked up by Beth Siverhus after being hit
> by cars, and sent to the Raptor Center for rehabilitation. One was
> found
> east of Clementson along MN 11, and one was picked up 6.5 miles south
> of
> Warroad on CR12.
> [snip]
>
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