Hello Robert and Tweeters,
When i wrote my message about posting Owl sightings, maybe i din't make
this not so clear.It is alright for posting and give the location on Owls
in general. Many Birders found out where we finding the location to find
the Flammulated Owls or the Long-eared in Crow-Butte State Park. We talk
here about sensitive Owls where the State pays lot's of money out to
preserve there Habitat ore protect them.
For example the Spotted Owl in Everett. The agency din't waiste any time to
relocate this Great gray Owl. For myself on this i was happy it happen. I
rather see this Owl by chance in the wild.

Ruth Sullivan

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> From: Robert Cleland <cleland at u.washington.edu>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Publicity
> Date: Monday, August 02, 1999 9:40 AM
>
> After reading the messages regarding the pros and cons of
> revealing the location of interesting birds, I find that I have to
> disagree with those who are against publicity. Of course, publicizing
the
> location of birds could cause some harm to the birds, but in general, the
> more people who see interesting birds, and get excited about it, the
> better for birds in general.
> A couple of years ago a Snowy Owl spent a day on the UW campus,
> seen by a whole host of students. Since it was perched just outside my
> lecture building, I sent my whole biology class out to see it.
Subsequent
> talks with many of these students convinced me that it was the right
thing
> to do. Most of them had never seen an owl before, and were really turned
> on by the experience. They wanted to know more about owls, and talk
about
> them.
> As a result of the publicity in the papers, many of my neighbors
> went down to Capital Hill to see that same owl. This brought home to
many
> of them that owls are not just something one reads about in relation to
> logging, or sees on PBS, but that they really do exist, and are
> magnificent animals. I would wager that this owl did more for the
> environmental movement here in Seattle, than all the articles in the
> Audubon magazine that same year!
>
> ************************
> Robert Cleland
>
> Professor, Botany Dept. Box 355325
> Univ. of Washington
> Seattle, WA 98195-5325
> Phone (206) 543-6105; FAX (206) 685-1728
>