Hello Steven and Tweeters,
The way i heared this afternoon from a birder, There was already people
what try to rescue this Gull.One person was from Paws.This bird is in bad
shape the way i saw it yesterday, closing his eyes all the time with the
wing hanging pretty much down. I did not see this bird today and stayed
almost to 5.30 PM when all the Gulls comming in from the river to settle on
to the roofs. I remember how birders criticized the agency who took the
Spotted Owl in Everett to transfer the Owl in to the wild.This discussion
went on for days " HOW DARE TO MOVE THIS OWL".I found all my Owls in the
wild and mostly alone.I was happy this Owl was removed so fast.This Gull is
not an endangered Species, so therefore no Agency would help without a
private Party would take over. And i think this was the case today when
this people trying for the Iceland Gull to capture.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
godwit at worldnet.att.net
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> From: Steven Kimball <sdkimball at earthlink.net>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Iceland Gull yes
> Date: Thursday, January 20, 2000 9:04 PM
>
>
>
>
> I agree 100% with Jerry on this one. I was appalled that the injured
bird
> was left there merely because some birder might want to add it to
his/her
> list. As to nature taking it's course, Dr. Paulson states that he would
> have taken any other bird to wildlife rehab, but that he didn't take
this
> one because someone might get angry at not getting to see it. So, the
> injured gull was left to suffer and die, not because nature must be
allowed
> to take its course but because humane instincts apparently succumbed to
> anticipated "lister anger." It's birding as sport, not nature, that's
> having it's way in this case.
>
> Steven Kimball
> Federal Way, WA
> sdkimball at earthlink.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <sanjer at televar.com>
> To: <dpaulson at ups.edu>
> Cc: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 12:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Iceland Gull yes
>
>
> > Dennis Paulson wrote:
> > snip
> >
> > > It's too bad that it's injured and can't fly. If it was any other
> species,
> > > I would have made an attempt to capture it and get it to a bird
rehabber
> > > (Olympic Wildlife Rescue in Olympia would be the best one), but I
> thought a
> > > whole lot of birders would be robbed of their chance to see such a
> > > beautiful bird (and I might get run out of town on a rail).
> >
> > I don't mean to start a big controversy but I think the welfare of the
> bird
> > would have precedence over some birders wanting to see it and add it to
> their
> > list.
> >
> > Of course there are those that believe in nature taking its course, so
I
> guess
> > it is all a matter of opinion.
> >
> > Jerry Converse
> > Grand Coulee, WA
> > mailto:sanjer at televar.com
> >
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