[obol] Re: Ebird-y project a little south of us...with those birds heading our way

  • From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tmcmac67@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:48:34 -0700

Tom

That is encouraging.  

Can someone let is know if there are still rice fields in the Willamette 
Valley, and if so where, and do they have water on them now?

Jeff Gilligan


On Apr 17, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Tom McNamara <tmcmac67@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> 
> It's April and people are out, seeing birds and all of nature's spring 
> unfolding... and reporting the good times afield and not in surly, suppressed 
> February mode.   So I'm Really not trying to pour gasoline on extinguishing 
> embers to revive a I Love Ebird/ I Hate Ebird exchange. Save that for next 
> February, it's always so......
> 
> But this is  a link to an article I read in the good ol' hard copy of the NYT 
>  Science section.   It's some encouraging news about a project for 
> shorebirds. Have a look.
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/science/paying-farmers-to-welcome-birds.html?_r=0
> 
> good birding,
> Tom

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