Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:52:42 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Saunders_N Subject: FW: Coyotes Comments: cc: "richard-hollis@uiowa.edu" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Richard, Thanks for your comments! I'm taking the liberty of posting them on MDOsprey. The notion makes sense but I certainly hadn't thought of that particular impact of coyotes on birds. Norm -----Original Message----- From: Richard Hollis [mailto:richard-hollis@uiowa.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:03 AM To: Saunders_N Subject: RE: Coyotes Norm I can't post to Osprey, but usually look everyday on the web. Your note on coyotes reminded me of a talk I heard a few years ago. One of the local biologists is studying the effect of coyotes on bird reproduction and found that it helps. The explanation is coyotes keep down foxes and coons and other smaller critters which are more apt to dine at bird nests. Rick Hollis 3524 Cumberland Ridge Rd NE North Liberty IA 52317-9328 (319) 665-3141 richard-hollis@uiowa.edu "The investigation of nature is an infinite pleasure-ground where all may graze." T H Huxley, 1871 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================