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Date: 11/17/24 1:37 pm
From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] The East 90 - a question? |
Hi,
OK, I get it that feeding the voles near the road might/would
endanger the Owls and Harriers.
And that doing that - at the East 90 right near the road - is not the
same thing as putting a seed
feeder in your backyard or using your phone to 'call' in an understory
species that you've already
heard but you aren't actually seeing it.
The East 90 is a special place and the Harriers and Owls have been
there in the Winter for
several winters now (decades?). That -has- to be due to the voles and
other sources of
food. Last year, especially later in the Winter, they were very near to
the road at the East 90.
Maybe they will move closer as the season ages. Yes, I have a long lens
and am using it.
I don't know how to feel about how -many- people are at the East 90
this year. It doesn't
really matter if it is a weekday or on the weekend. The new parking lot
is woefully
inadequate in terms of being able to reduce the number of cars parked
along the road.
The hunters are there this year (as always) - not just some times but
essentially "every
day hunting is open".
They mostly park in the designated areas and then walk out into the
fields/all the way
to the river. That's their way to "enjoy nature" and we have to respect
their
rights/desires/needs as much as they should respect ours. So far I've
never seen
them shoot a Harrier, Owl, or even a Trumpeter.
- Jim
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