Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Birding dollars and cents.
Date: Dec 27 19:14:53 2004
From: Christine "Cricket" Webb - idiot at inlandwireless.com


I went to the Yucatan Peninsula last December. At the south end of the Peninsula - almost in Belize, there is a bio reserve called Sian Ka'an. Historically this the hunting ground of the native Mayan population. Still is, but now they hunt for Birder dollars, and are well worth it. If they "get it" in Kotzebue, Alaska and Sian Ka'an, I am sure, no matter how many of us are birders, bird nerds, bird brains, bird watchers or just like to the watch the birds and don't care what kind they are, we can get the message across that we spend money where ever we go. Wear you bins and ask the locals about where to find birds (amazing what you can find this way) and print up cards, all of these things will get their attention. The more attention we get the more the source of the income will be protected. Remember - It's about the birds!