I' m surprised that no one has alluded to the real solution to
the problem, curbing the exponential growth of the human population.

Bill Kaufman
Woodinville, WA


on 2/24/06 1:25 AM, Jason Rogers at hawkowl at hotmail.com wrote:

> Look,
>
> We can play the denial game.
> We can pretend that food is food no matter where a bird gets it.
> We can banish any hope of retaining some nature on this continent ...
>
> Or ...
>
> We can admit that we KNOW NEXT TO NOTHING about the impacts of birdfeeding
> and we CAN'T PREDICT how evolution will proceed, so ...
>
> We'll take steps to undo what artificial situations we have control over and
> FOCUS our on energies on protecting and restoring the habitats that birds
> need WHERE WE CAN.
>
> No one is asking anyone to bulldoze Seattle and plant a forest there.
>
> Write some letters to politicians, give some money--this is how REAL
> CONSERVATION gets done.
>






> _ Regards,
> ( '< Jason Rogers
> / ) ) Banff, AB
> //" " hawkowl at hotmail.com
>
>
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