Ah So...Now weren't you a part of this party? I recall Robert mentioning something to me about this study back in April or early May. Just curious and no harm meant ...B On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Toby Hibbitts <thibbitts39@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Funding source shouldn't matter or else the researchers should be kicked > out of the university for fudging results. Truth is numbers aren't as > important as total area of occupied habitat which probably has changed > little in recent years. > > Toby Hibbitts > Millican tx > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 29, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This study is controversial and not everybody buys into it given how > extrapolated it was based on aerial photos of possible habitat etc ...While > it has an amazing amount of data and maybe is good with a lot of effort was > put into it, some are not sure it makes the cut. There are those that would > like to know who really backed the funding for this it seems. Can't say > that I agree or disagree with the report nor do I have the answers for > sure, just saying it has its critics, this I know first hand but am not > going to provide that info publicly or privately as the report may be > challenged by those far more knowledgeable than I. This is just an FYI > If this single study, as a stand alone effort, leads toward a USFWS > de-listing, then a lot of folks may have reason be concerned. BTW TPWD > recently held a meeting to discuss potential birds to be considered as > threatened on the state level...I am not here to share that list but it > should be made public after the report is complete and the TPW > Commissioners etc. have a chance to review it....What the TPWD and USFWS > do are seperate issues as always...I am not sure the TPWD can add or > subtract any species from the endangered list but they can modify the lists > of SOC in the state for any flora or fauna. > > Also your link does not take one to the article or the paper, but I am > just presuming the report you are referring to is the Morrison. > > B > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Charles W. Easley < <cwebirds@xxxxxxx> > cwebirds@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> ** >> All Texas birders: >> >> The work of the past 40-50 years by concerned Texas birders and >> conservation people may be paying off. A & M researchers calculate the >> rangewide population of male Golden >> Cheeked Warblers in Texas at a shade over 263,000. Previous surveys >> counted roughly 9,000 to 54,000 birds. To understand the survey better and >> read about the findings of the >> Fish and Wildlife Service see >> <http://www.statesman.com/news/local/a-m-study-places-golden-cheeked-warbler.> >> http://www.statesman.com/news/local/a-m-study-places-golden-cheeked-warbler. >> >> >> This, I believe, proves in part, that the bird is in better shape, number >> wise, than we thought. And my friend, Warren Pulich, now passed, would be >> excited about the findings of the >> survey. We can make a difference by the things we preserve and protect. >> >> Charles Easley >> Life Member TOS >> <cwebirds@xxxxxxx>cwebirds@xxxxxxx >> > > > > -- > Brush Freeman > Independent and affiliated Field Biologist > 361-655-7641 > <http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/> > http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ > Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas > The greatest musician of all time is mother nature. > > -- Brush Freeman Independent and affiliated Field Biologist 361-655-7641 http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas The greatest musician of all time is mother nature.