Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Poof, its gone
Date: Apr 19 23:11:09 2012
From: Joel Haas - haas.joel at mindspring.com


Chris,

I understand your point. And Rob's incident was not very graphic.

But, others have been.

And, Leopold's first chapter opening about the shot wolf looking up at
him was enough for me.

I just don't like to be reminded of such things when I read the Tweeters
email.

Perhaps I should just "sign off".

We'll see.

Joel E. Haas
haas.joel at mindspring.com
Redmond, WA


On 4/19/2012 9:11 PM, Chris Tonra wrote:
> I will preface by saying I am new to Tweeters, so don't have
> necessarily have my finger on the "pulse" of this listserve.
>
> But I have to say, respectfully, I couldn't disagree more, Joel.
> Watching birds behave is why I came to love birds, and make my living
> studying them. Hawks prey on other birds, and all manner of living
> things. I didn't find the post all that graphic at all. The only
> details given were the disappearance of the bird.
> As much as I love chickadees, this is the life they live. I am
> reminded of Aldo Leopold's essay in Sand County Almanac where he
> describes finding one of his favorite chickadee's bands in a
> screech-owl pellet. This was an incredible find to him, and me!
> Observing such predation events is rare, exciting, and provide great
> information on the natural history of species. Furthermore I feel they
> are a great thing to share with others as it reminds us all of why the
> additional anthropogenic sources of mortality can be of great concern.
>
> Anyhow, I understand such things can be hard to stomach, but in my
> opinion, I think such observations are entirely appropriate for a
> birding listserve.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Chris Tonra
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