Nonsense! Who has determined that cat issues are not appropriate for
Tweeters? With studies showing that several hundred million birds are
killed every year by cats in the U.S. alone, I think it is a pretty
important issue. I surprised a neighbor's cat just as it caught a robin a
few weeks ago, and though the robin flew off, it probably didn't live long.
It is almost impossible to find a towhee in a Seattle yard, and song
sparrows are rare. Cats, on the other hand, are everywhere. The city of
Seattle regulates dogs, but cats can poop anywhere and kill
indiscriminately. Seattle needs a tough law against cats that enables those
of us who don't want cats in our yard to get them picked up and the owners
fined.

In addition, I think it is inappropriate for anyone to suggest that an issue
has been covered before on Tweeters and should not be raised again. There
are always new people joining, and many of us come and go. It is very
likely that important issues will be covered repeatedly. Put up with it.
I, for one, could care less about someone's first sighting of a winter
varied thrush or first spring viewing of an orange-crowned warbler, but I
have a Del key on my keyboard, just as you do.

If I have missed some set of new rules that were put out on what is
appropriate for Tweeters while I was not subscribed, and this e-mail is
inappropriate, please let me know.

And please sign your e-mails. It is frustrating to read a fascinating
account of bird sightings in the Okanagon and not have a clue as to who is
writing it.

My two cents,
Mike Seamans
Seattle


-----Original Message-----
From: Nene W <northwestmom at yahoo.com>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, January 30, 2000 9:12 PM
Subject: Ooops!


>:( I have been informed that my opinion on cats using
>my yard as a litterbox and hunting ground was
>inappropriate for Tweeters so I sincerely apologize to
>you-all for inflicting my (unnecessary) opinion on cat
>poop (I have nothing against cats, personally) on all
>the Tweeters and will endeavor, in the short time I
>have left in the area, to only report bird
>observations (hopefully on live birds).
>
>So to conclude my enjoyable foray into Tweeterdom on a
>more appropriate note (I have to move from this native
>NW of mine, to the avian hodge-podge of Maui so will
>stop Tweetering, probably to the immense relief of
>some), I'd like to share a (hopefully inoffensive)
>observation from birddom in my Bridle Trails
>neighborhood today: Instead of the Varied Thrushes
>that have been gracing the area the past months, there
>were scads (I know that's not very scientific but
>that's what there was) of Robins flocking here and
>there in several different locations, as opposed to
>the 1 or 2 I've seen off and on throughout the winter.
>:)
>
>
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