[texbirds] Re: This Blessed Thread
- From: "Judy Kestner" <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>, <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:48:00 -0600
You are right -- I was being selfish in not letting those passers-by enjoy
something wonderful. I have seen the error of my ways!
Judy Kestner
Corpus Christi
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From: "Anthony Hewetson" <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 9:19 AM
Subject: [texbirds] This Blessed Thread
> Greetings All:
> I have had great luck with the non-birder folk at my place of work (TTU
> HSC, Lubbock). We have a really good patch of oak trees at our northwest
> entrance; a patch which draws a lot of attractive migrants. On watering
> days puddles form in the retention areas around the base of each tree and
> some of these migrants hit the ground. I have pointed out Wilson's
> Warblers, Western Tanagers, Chipping Sparrows, etc ... to any number of
> non-birders and these have always been positive experiences. I have had
> the best luck, though, with the Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels that pop
> up in the lawn every year - folk can't resist those handsome, little
> critters - and with some of our more spectacular butterfly movements.
>
>
> Some of these folk have even taken the time to talk to me, whenever we
> encounter each other in the building, about the critters that have shown
> up in their yards.
>
> I wish that more of these folk would engage to the point that they would
> join the local Audubon chapter, attend field trips, etc ... but it is nice
> to know that there is a decent sized chunk of the populace who will take a
> minute out of their busy day to look at a critter. These are the folk who
> can be swayed to preserve a little backyard wildlife habitat, vote for
> conservation areas in local parks, and even show up at city council
> meetings to protest prairie dog extermination plans.
>
> We all need to keep reaching out to them.
>
> And, just to keep this post real for David Sarkozi, the Brant was still at
> Whisperwood Pond in Lubbock this morning - though very hard to find amidst
> the Cackling Geese huddled on the water.
>
> Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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