[Birdtalk] Spring Birds

[Dave Rintoul]

Brenda wrote: 
Well, I sat outside for a couple of hours tonight.  The House Finches LOVE
the nectar feeder.  I still didn't see a hummer.  The Brown Headed Cowbirds
showed up yesterday.  *deep sigh*

Unlike the submitter of the editorials of the Standard Examiner, if I could
put one bird on the "unprotected" list I would choose Brown Headed Cowbirds
over Magpies.  After watching the Magpies grieve over a downed colleague
they are "more human" than they were before.  I don't invite them to my
yard, but I appreciate what they are. 

If it is allowed on this board, what is the bird you would place on the
"unprotected" list?

Brenda 
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None. Humans have played god too many times with regard to protecting or
destroying other forms of life, and the results have usually been
disastrous. Each of these species has a place, and their qualities of being
more or less "human" are not important in any calculus except ours. In other
words, in the greater scheme of creation, not important at all!
 
cheers
 
Dave
 
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