Hey Rob & Wayne;

I agree, too many people....(Let them die) - "and decrease the
surplus population". Bah, Humbug!!

Cheers and Good Birding;

Michael Fleming
Ballard, Washington
michaelfleming01 AT gmail.com







On 2/8/15, Wayne Weber <contopus at telus.net> wrote:
> Rob and Tweeters,
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> I have always said that people remind me of European Starlings-- a bird
> that I spent many years studying as a graduate student and as a
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> biologist. Individually, Starlings are an attractive, adaptable, and
> fascinating animal. However, when they gather in flocks of thousands, they
> can be a royal pain in the butt. Much the same can be said about people!
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> Wayne C. Weber
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> Delta, BC
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> contopus at telus.net
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> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Rob
> Sandelin
> Sent: February-08-15 8:15 AM
> To: 'Tweeters'
> Subject: [Tweeters] The problem with people
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> The good thing about people is that there are bunch of them who care about
> wildlife, habitat and make efforts to protect those things. The problem
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> people is that there are way too many of them. Billions. I stopped posting
> rare bird sightings to tweeters five years ago, and I have no regrets about
> it. Rare bird sightings quickly become a circus, with too many clowns.
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> me selfish if you like, but the birds are having their own issues of
> survival and don't need the extra stress of too many humans, too close. And
> we always get too close.
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> Rob Sandelin
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> Naturalist, Writer and mostly retired teacher
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> Snohomish County
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