[wisb] Fwd: ABA Flight Calls #47

From: "Bettie R. Harriman" <bettie@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:54:02 -0500
Some of you may find this information from the American Birding 
Association of interest, particularly if you are concerned about shorebirds.
Bettie Harriman
Oshkosh

>FLIGHT CALLS
>e-Bulletin of the American 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 island of Guadeloupe. Ned Brinkley, 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, 
><http://bit.ly/mUzGCH>Ned drafted a letter expressing the concerns 
>of the birding community about the slaughter on Guadeloupe of 
>declining shorebird species that are protected elsewhere along their 
>hemisphere-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 letter's effect. Ned writes:
>
>"On the day after our letter was sent to various officials in 
>Guadeloupe, France, the United States, and to many Caribbean 
>wildlife groups, meetings were held in Guadeloupe to address the 
>killing 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 government officials 
>and the groups representing the interests of hunters are now keenly 
>aware of the concerns of the world's conservation 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 
>other birds in these important wetlands on Guadeloupe."
>
>You can read more about this heartening example of the ABA working 
>to give voice to the birding community, including complete texts of 
>the brief but effective letter in both French and English, on the 
>ABA blog here: 
><https://aba.local/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://bit.ly/mUzGCH>http://bit.ly/mUzGCH
>
>The ABA does not oppose scientifically regulated, responsible 
>hunting, and in fact seeks to partner with the hunting community in 
>conserving habitat and other matters of mutual interest. But the 
>story of Machi and Goshen, with its uncomfortable parallels to the 
>shooting of the last known Eskimo Curlew on Barbados in 1963, is 
>clearly a call for us to speak out.
>
>Kudos to Ned for bringing his talents and convictions to bear and 
>for spearheading this effort!
>
>You can help build a stronger birding community by joining or 
>donating to the ABA:
>
>To join the American Birding Association, and/or to subscribe to 
>North American Birds, call LeAnn Pilger at 800-850-2473 ext. 224 or 
>visit this page: 
><https://aba.local/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://www.aba.org/memformR.htm>https://www.aba.org/memformR.htm.
>
>To donate to the ABA, call LeAnn Pilger at 800-850-2473 ext. 224 or 
>click here: 
><https://aba.local/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://www.aba.org/donate/general.php>https://www.aba.org/donate/general.php.
> 
>To specifically support our North American Birds journal, click 
>here: 
><https://aba.local/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://www.aba.org/donate/nab.php>https://www.aba.org/donate/nab.php.
>
>If you would like to discuss any of the information contained in 
>this newsletter, please contact Jeffrey Gordon at 
><mailto:jgordon@xxxxxxx>jgordon@xxxxxxx, Ted Floyd at 
><mailto:tfloyd@xxxxxxx>tfloyd@xxxxxxx, or Ned Brinkley at 
>thalassoica@xxxxxxxxxx


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