He definitely knows what he's talking about when he refers to "redbirds"
and "jaybirds". He clearly sounds educated and isn't primarily using
anecdotal evidence to bolster his argument. He should share this picture of
the hawks attacking baby turkeys with researchers because I'm sure they
would be interested in hawks working together in such a manner...
On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 9:42 AM Lisa Dalporto <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Though I am an avid reader of the KOS listserve, I have never posted to
the group. Please excuse this rather clumsy way to add to the
conversation, but here’s a cut and paste of Senator Boswell’s response to
my letter requesting he reconsider his proposed legislation:
*From: *"Boswell, Gary (State Sen.) (LRC)" <gary.boswell@xxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject: **Re: Withdraw KY SB59*
*Date: *January 4, 2024 at 10:09:24 PM CST
*To: *"dalportowv@xxxxxxx" <dalportowv@xxxxxxx>
I don’t think you have a clue to what’s really going on and I’m
surprised. The number one target of coopers are other birds. What do you
really think has happened to our beautiful Redbirds, robins, bluebirds,
jaybirds, doves, ducks, goslings. They blame bad bird feed. It’s
Hawks. They are killing cats and small dogs . They are destroying our
quail, rabbits, squirrels and turkeys. They have decimated family farm
chickens .The dove population is down over 40 percent and I have personally
witnessed hawks killing them. I have a picture showing six hawks attacking
baby turkeys. Hawks have no natural predators . They were taken off the
protected list and Biden put them back on. I’m not suggesting they we have
a hawk season but we need a right to control the population just like deer
except deer don’t kill other animals. I can prove what I am saying. I’ll
let you talk to a constitute who had to remove his bird feeder because
hawks were killing all his songbirds. I ll let you talk to someone who
lost all 15 of his egg laying farm chickens to a red tail hawk. Thx
I am saddened and dismayed by this response. I hope others will join in
the conversation to help strategize how to educate this person.
Lisa
Lisa Dalporto
304 546-1709
dalportowv@xxxxxxx
*Don’t give up on people. 💕*
Megan Ranney MD MPH
@meganranney
On Jan 5, 2024, at 7:57 AM, d Feige <dfeige@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Besides the general number listed in previous emails, would it be helpful
to send an email to my representative? If so, this website was easy to
use. Just click on the map for your location. Once their info is displayed,
just click on the view bio page for their email.
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/findyourlegislator/findyourlegislator.html
Deb Feige
Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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*From:* birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of Ce Ci <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Thursday, January 4, 2024 12:40:19 PM
*To:* landstewardky@xxxxxxxxx <landstewardky@xxxxxxxxx>; Wes Prebeck <
wes.prebeck@xxxxxxxxx>
*Cc:* BirdKY listserve <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [birdky] Re: Legislation against hawks! 24RS SB 59
I read the proposed legislation to essentially be saying it would prevent
KDFWR from fining or otherwise punishing anyone caught killing those named
hawks. Kind of a twisted method of essentially allowing the hawk killing
if no punishment by KDFWR in all of KY.
* Ceci & friends at The Far Side Farm *
On Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 12:23:53 PM EST, Wes Prebeck <
wes.prebeck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Raptors should still be protected under the MBTA, so there's a good chance
that the bill sponsor doesn't understand that law or what it protects.
Here's a link to species receiving protections under the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:a152eed2-29b9-4265-93ab-e311d14d7310
On Thu, Jan 4, 2024, 11:10 Joyce Bender <landstewardky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We need to respond to this folks.
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/sb59.html
Sent from my iPhone
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