Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 08:24:06 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: Blessed silence - Hughes Hollow MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Folks I support Steve on this point. Hawk can see hunters and birders alike. Hunters, fisherman, and birders need to work together to preserve habitat. I enjoy the silence in the woods but lets all not forget why the woods were silent on Saturday. There is a murderer out there. Be vigilant but enjoy nature. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Huy" To: Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Blessed silence - Hughes Hollow > My comments were not exactly healthy, but they point out that there is a bit > of flawed reasoning in the original comments. That was nothing more than an > anti-hunting jab. I simply pointed out some more realistic reasons for this > sighting (and possible lack of any before). > > As far as my comment on birders, it was not meant negatively. It is just a > fact. We birders are not invisible to hawks and just as likely to send them > into flight. There is actually more chance that we would disturb such a > bird. We are generally obvious in our approach and we stare at them, which > raptors do not like. There could have been a hunter nearby, in camo and > still (except for the fact that they all came to Frederick today - even in > the rain). You'd be amazed at what you can see if you take some tips from > hunters. > > Steve Huy > Middletown, MD > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================