M Smith:
>Personally, I have no problem with
>the radio-tagging of this owl, but I want to know why some people
>consider this as OK, while banding the longspur was not.

>What's the difference?

The CCLO issue was posed as a question when it came up - "should
we catch to satisfy our urge to be able to sex it?"

This has come up as accompished fact.

I think the same issues apply, but in this case discussion will have
no effect on the possibility of banding being, or not being, done.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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