[birdky] INFO: American Birding Association and the Whimbrels shot on Guadeloupe ...

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  • Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:45:26 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

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ABA m= embers were sent this e-newsletter past couple of days; it describes
aresp= onse by ABA officials to the news of the shooting of two
radio-transmittere= d Whimbrels in the eastern Caribbean a few weeks ago. 

  

bpb, = Louisville 


-----Forwarded Message----- 
From: ABA News 
Sent: Sep 27, 2011 4:34 PM 
To: ABA News 
Su= bject: ABA Flight Calls #47 



FLIGHT CALLS 

e-Bulletin of the A= merican Birding Association #47 

September 27, 2011 

  

Many of us were deeply= concerned and dismayed by the recent news of the
shooting of the satellite= -tagged Whimbrels, Machi and Goshen, on the
islandof Guadeloupe. Ned Brink= ley, editor of ABA's quarterly journal North
American Birds, did something = about it. Drawing on his knowledge of French
(Ned's a true Renaissance man)= , plus his network of friends and contacts
around the hemisphere, Ned drafted a letter expressing t= he concerns[1] of
the birding community about the slaughter on Guadeloupe = of declining
shorebird species that are protected elsewhere along their hem=
isphere-spanning migrations.

The letter, co-signed on behalf of the = ABA by Ned, ABA President Jeffrey
Gordon, and Birding editor Ted Floyd, was= dispatched, joining a significant
chorus of voices from around the world. = In today's hyper-connected world,
it didn't take long to get word of the le= tter's effect. Ned writes:

"On the day after our letter was sent to = various officials in Guadeloupe,
France, the United States, and to many Car= ibbean wildlife groups, meetings
were held in Guadeloupe to address the kil= ling of protected shorebirds. A
half-dozen letters were reproduced for all = in attendance, including
ministers and the media, and our letter was one of= them. Apparently, the
deluge of letters and emails had the desired impact,= and both the
governmentofficials and the groups representing the interest= s of hunters
are now keenly aware of the concerns of the world's conservati= on
community.North American Birds' excellent contributor from Guadeloupe, =
Anthony Levesque, was able to make his points effectively and eloquently in=
open meetings.  So there is hope now for migratory shorebirds and oth= er
birds in these important wetlands on Guadeloupe."

You can read mo= re about this heartening example of the ABA working to give
voice to the bi= rding community, including complete texts of the brief but
effective letter= in both French and English, on the ABA blog here: http=
://bit.ly/mUzGCH[2]

The ABA does not oppose scientifically regulate= d, responsible hunting, and
in fact seeks to partner with the hunting commu= nity in conserving habitat
and other matters of mutual interest. But the st= ory of Machi and Goshen,
with its uncomfortable parallels to the shooting o= f the last known Eskimo
Curlew on Barbados in 1963, is clearly a call for u= s to speak out.

Kudos to Ned for bringing his talents and conviction= s to bear and for
spearheading this effort!

You can help build a str= onger birding community by joining or donating to
the ABA:

To join t= he American Birding Association, and/or to subscribe to North
American Bird= s, call LeAnn Pilger at 800-850-2473 ext. 224 or visit this
page: https://www.aba.org/memformR.htm[3].

To do= nate to the ABA, call LeAnn Pilger at 800-850-2473 ext. 224 or click
here: = https://www.aba.org/donate/general.ph= p[4]. To specifically support
our North American Birds journal, click here= :
https://www.aba.org/donate/nab.php[5].= 

  

If you would like to d= iscuss any of the information contained in this
newsletter, please contact = Jeffrey Gordon at jgordo= n@xxxxxxx[6], Ted
Floyd at tfloyd@xxxxxxx[7], or Ned Brinkley at thalassoica@xxxxxxxxxx 

   

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