He must have his state, the birding territories and the species confused. I
used to have a Federal permit along with my husband to rehab and release Birds
of Prey...they ones that he is blaming for cooperative hunting here is totally
False! Harris's hawk is notable for its behavior of hunting cooperatively in
packs consisting of tolerant groups, while other raptors hunt alone~
Mary Howell CromerOldham County, KY
In a message dated 1/5/2024 9:51:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
skengstrom@xxxxxxxxx writes:
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 Dalporto304 546-1709dalportowv@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 iOSFrom: 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
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