In a message dated 7/31/02 8:15:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, sapsucker@xxxxxxx writes: > From what I have seen most banders are conscientious and caring people, and > often some of the nicest people you would ever want to meet. As birders we > disturb birds more than nonbirders, but no one disturbs birds more than > banders. > > Sheb Marsh > Paducah, KY Sheb and Tennessee Birders I certainly hope I fall into the narrow catagory that you have in the sentence above. While I do respect your opinion and your right to express it, I absolutely disagree with your conclusions. I must, with all due respect, assume that you do not have any idea of why bird banding is an important bird conservation tool. Meet me at LBL in August 3rd and I will discuss it with you at length. God Bless. Bob Sargent =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================