Doug and all,

The listserv guidelines are found here:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/emaillist.php#guidelines

Feeding birds (wild birds) issues are appropriate.

If anyone wishes to respond to my request to not feed Snowy Owls, please
reply to me privately.

Tom Bain
Bird Conservation Chair
Ohio Ornithological Society

-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Doug
Grotegeer
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 9:28 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam]Re: [Ohio-birds] Feeding Snowy Owls Update

I'm kind of new to the list serve, could someone please post what this site
is supposed to be used for. I thought it was for sighting of birds by
county, etc. Not a discussion of to feed or not to feed, or list or not to
list. Maybe I missed something.

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Not Right <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
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> I am trying to speak from an ecological view and am I an expert-no.  But
if the lemming population is cyclical, perhaps this is nature's way of
keeping the owl population in check so that the lemming population can
recover and the population of snowy owls can be healthier.  Sometimes man's
best intentions have the opposite effect.  How do we know if one individual
is healthy or starving or not the best specimen and is not supposed to
survive?  I usually will side on intervening if the problem is obviously
caused by humans.  If it was a Lemming Leap Year-that is a natural cycle.
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> Kimba J
> Summit
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> From: Not Right <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Feeding Snowy Owls Update
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> I agree with Becky one the pros/cons issue.  As I said before, I am torn,
so I defer to the experts.   I know raptors can habituate quickly-ask the
hawks that very quickly learned what time of day I let my bantam chickens
out of their pen....  and they are not like seed eaters, sap eaters or even
insect eaters that can go here and there and find seeds here and berries
there whether from the woods or our feeder.  They have to hunt.   And
depending on on how/where they are being fed-it may or may not be
detrimental to their overall well being.
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> Kimba J
> Summit
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> From: Rebecca Dobson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 3:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Feeding Snowy Owls Update
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> In the interest of validity in science, "more people" who are or would do
it doesn't necessarily translate into "more good than harm."  On that note,
if I found any starving animal, I would surely try to feed it, even a
starling (gasp!).
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> Becky Dobson
> Kinsman, Ohio
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>> On Dec 20, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Joe Monahan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Out of curiosity I tallied up the number of positive / supportive
>> comments and emails I received about the "feeding snowies" issue. I'm
>> happy to say that while the number of negative comments numbered six,
>> the positive comments numbered 17!
>>
>> This is a combined total from both the Ohio and PA listservs.
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>> I hope together we have chipped away at least a little at the
>> dominant, and I think unsupported assertion that the careful feeding
>> of snowy owls is somehow detrimental to the species. There are
>> caveats and guidelines to keep in mind, as with all things. But
>> overall, there is much more good than harm that can come from this.
>>
>> So grab a pocketful of mice and head out to feed your local snowy owl
>> this weekend! I would be happy to post some pics of your outing /
>> effort if you care to share!
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>>
>> Feeding Snowy Owls Post: http://feedingowls.blogspot.com
>>
>> Joe Monahan
>> Boone County, IA
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