Subject: Re: Spotted Owls and wackos
Date: Nov 20 00:04:31 1998
From: "Ed Schulz" - eschulz at gte.net


Tweets,

I agree with Kelly and several others on this one. I've been
living in Everett and working is several of its factories for
16 years. There are more people that hate that bird than love
it. I'm glad it has been moved. If some birders were
inconvenienced, well, bummer. (BTW, no I didn't see the bird.
Yvonne claims she didn't have my number! :-)

Ed Schulz
Everett, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Cassidy <lostriver at seanet.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: Spotted Owls and wackos


> I'll cast my vote for the WDFW. After the owl picture and
story appeared
>in the paper, I fully expected that owl gawkers would soon be
greeted in the
>morning by the sight of a dead owl staked to a tree next to
some political
>message written in owl blood.
>
> I was surprised (and impressed) that the WDFW moved so
fast, and that they
>were willing to take the risk. Any time capture of a wild
bird is involved,
>there is always the chance of not being able to capture it or
injuring it
>during capture and thus making the department look like it's
filled with
>bozos. It could have turned into a PR nightmare.
>
> A Spotted Owl is not the same as a Xantus' Hummingbird.
The latter is not
>a political football.
>
> Kelly Cassidy
>
>