>Hi Tweeters
>
>A little second-hand snippet of fascinating, if saddening, info:
>
>A New Zealand shorebird bander said that the most returns for banded
>godwits, presumably Bar- and Black-tailed Godwits, come from restaurants in
>China. There's any number of mordantly witty lines that come to mind, but
>to me it's too much of an echo of the slaughter by nineteenth-century
>market gunners.
>
>Michael Price
>Vancouver BC Canada
>michael_price at mindlink.bc.ca

I can only hope a lot of teeth crack, biting into those bird bands!

Dennis Paulson phone: (206) 756-3798
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