At 12:10 PM 10/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
>
>Don Baccus writes:
>
>>>I would never want to be accused of being the "thought police" (neither my
>>intent or ability), but I'm certain that we can all be civil toward one
>>another in our efforts to better understand the birds in our lives.

>Agreed! As you will know from previous posts over the last three or four
>years, Don

(HEY, I DIDN'T WRITE THIS!!!) - be a little more careful, please! :) :)

I think it was Jon who wrote it.

>>Somehow some BC birding politics and strong personalities led our
>>discussion about funding conservation into strange waters. I don't know
>>anything about BC birding politics, and while watching the mudslinging is
>>mildly entertaining, if it were me I'd probably have the fisticuffs in a
>>less public forum.

>When I take a snide, public personal shot from one of the people in the
>local society's leadership (Eric Greenwood, speaking ex officio:
>"Unfortunately, there are some BC-based subscribers to Tweeters that don't
>want to acknowledge the work of these organizations and that don't belong to
>them."), I will defend myself equally publicly. I will not tolerate their
>doing to my name on this mailing list what they've done to it locally.

Well, I'd did say it was entertaining. :)

As far as you're redtail question, I've never seen that mark in all the
'tails I've banded and observed during migration over the year. Did it
maybe fall into a paintpot? :) I don't imagine you have any photos, do
you, it sounds like an interesting bird.


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