[texbirds] Re: FW: Laffite's Cove Saturday & Sunday
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: adewittpatton@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:57:01 -0500
Yeah, freaks me out too...I can find a bird any day of the week, a nice
Cottonmouth hardly ever...Assuming the ID is correct given all the harmless
look alikes.
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On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Alton Patton <adewittpatton@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you have ever encountered a cottonmouth you know that they are very bad
> tempered and aggressive . Those drips where the snakes are are too close
> for comfort. Somebody is likely to get bit. But I guess that is also nature
> at work. Personally I'll take a bird over a cottonmouth any day.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 16, 2013, at 8:19 PM, "Sean Paul Kelley" <spkelley@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Dean, et. al:
> > Not trying to troll you but asking a serious question: why would you want
> > to harm the snake? It's natural that the bird is its prey. It's the
> circle
> > of life. This is something I don't understand about birders and birding.
> > The death of a bird is marked as a tragedy, but of other animals little
> is
> > said, especially such animals that humans find abhorrent or fear? Does a
> > bird, because of its color, or feather, or light bones have some
> intrinsic
> > value that makes it more worthy than the snake? Aren't all the animals
> > essential portions of an ecosystem?
> >
> > If we are all there to enjoy the fullness of nature, then which one is
> the
> > worse death: the bird preying on the poor innocent worm or caterpillar
> just
> > chilling around munching on leaves, or the snake eating the bird? Or the
> > Red-tailed Hawk eating the snake?
> >
> > I'm genuinely curious about this. Or perhaps your concerns for the snakes
> > were for the health of the human observers?
> >
> > Lastly, if I have interpreted your email incorrectly, my apologies, but
> yet
> > I have seen other birders react in similar ways and am genuinely curious
> as
> > to why?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sean Paul Kelley
> > Central San Antonio
> >
> >
> >
> >> As the mosquitos have abated, the only drawback was the several large
> >> Cottonmouth Water Moccasins. On Saturday morning two large snakes,
> >> intertwined with each other and raised up off the ground. We assume they
> >> were mating. On Sunday, the snakes were in and around the drips. It was
> a
> >> tense experience watching beautiful warblers coming to the drips when
> the
> >> snakes were there. Until late Sunday afternoon, no warblers were taken,
> but
> >> around 6:30 we saw a snake, with a warbler in its mouth, at the second
> >> drip. Obviously, we are not allowed off the trails to intervene. So, I
> am
> >> hoping this e-mail helps bring attention to the matter.
> >
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