[texbirds] Re: Golden cheeked warbler (Good news)
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Toby Hibbitts <thibbitts39@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:03:17 -0500
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.
>
>
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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.
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