Date: 4/26/24 8:49 am From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Birds and Birders Responsibility
Thank you for your action for the birds and consumers. Only 1 person in 100 ever takes action to correct a problem. The rest see the information and ignore action and may file it away in the back of their minds like saving a joke on the computer hard drive never to be used. I have not seen National Audubon, American Bird Conservancy or others addressing this problem. Too many are apathetic and indifferent and are not doing all they can to improve the situation for birds, consumers, or information integrity. More people need to post this graphic on Facebook pages and Audubon websites. We cannot do anything about the 40% of the population that does not care to be confused with facts but others can make an informed decision. s
Jerry
From: Donna Haynes
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2024 10:33 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Birds and Birders Responsibility
There's a guy local that makes these as well. Lots of companies and websites offer them. He has people convinced hummingbirds would use them. I use this graphic on my hummingbird group to warn people off them and keep anyone from getting hoodwinked.
Donna Haynes West Pulaski CO.
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 10:01 AM, Jerry Davis
<jwdavis...> wrote:
The company Temu is advertising on computers and online that they have hand crafted hummingbird nest boxes for sale. They also have nest boxes for hummingbirds with perches by the hole like you see in the comic strip cartoons. You have seen this and understand that hummingbirds do not nest in nest boxes. As a birder and responsible consumer you do not need to sit in apathy and indifference to this type of misinformation. You have a responsibility to the birds, birders, and information integrity to object and oppose such advertisements and sales regardless of what company is making false claims. My dialogue with the company they seem to be playing stupid and do not know what I am objecting too.
This kind of adjustment also goes for Walmart and other companies that sell nest boxes for wrens with a 7/8 inch hole for House Wrens and sell them in 30 states that do not have House Wrens. People buy them for themselves and as gifts and a Carolina Wren needs a 1 1/4 inch hole. To expect a Carolina Wren to use a hole for a House Wren is like expecting your Saint Bernard Dog to come through the cat door. You have a responsibility to call this to the store managers attention when you see it and not just grab your binoculars to get lost in the wilds looking for birds.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Spring, AR
