I came up with the Starling solution long ago. I invented (in theory at
least) the starling vacuum. When huge flocks of starlings are encountered,
just hook Starling-Vacuum tm up to your car lighter and suck those babies
up. When full, label and send to me. Our crack team of environmental
commandos will take it by cover of night to the coast of England and
release the birds, then run away laughing maniacally....Think it will work?
:)
Rahne Kirkham
rahne at mindspring.com
Federal Way, Washington

When asked why she was always so cheerful,
the old woman replied,
"Well, I just wear this world as a loose garment."
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Baccus <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
To: <skimball at halcyon.com>; Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: Canadian Geese Limited


> At 12:30 PM 8/5/99 -0700, Steven Kimball wrote:
> >Hey, let's get this straight once and for all: geese, crows, starlings
etc.
> >aren't the problem, we are. They are symptoms (pretty mild ones at that)
of
> >the mindless expansion of our population and economy.
>
> I think the comments were tongue-in-cheek. Starlings, though,
> aren't symptoms of "the mindless expansion of our population and
> economy", they're symptoms of what happens when a species is
> introduced into an environment in which it is non-native and
> in which it flourishes absent the checks on growth "back home".
>
> If we disappeared from North America, do you really believe
> starlings would, too?
>
>
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> Nature photos, on-line guides, Pacific Northwest
> Rare Bird Alert Service and other goodies at
> http://donb.photo.net.
>