Just a quick note...the address that Wallace provided had a small error in it which I discovered when I "copied and pasted" it in order to offer my 2 cents to TWRA. The correct address is: http://tennessee.gov/twra/sandhillproposal.html I encourage everyone to visit the site and offer your opinion. Sometimes a single voice can be the one that makes the difference!! That voice might very well be yours. Cyndi Routledge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 2:05 PM Subject: [TN-Bird] post to the Memphis Commercial Appeal website > Cart writes: > "By all accounts, these are some really cool birds -- and it would be a > shame to see them end up in the same overpopulation situation as snow > geese and resident Canada geese." > These are really cool birds and, if hunted in TN, more likely to go the > way of Quail, then geese. The population which comes through TN is less > than 50,000, less than than 20,000 if you discount last winter's count > which for some reason was twice the previous 5 year average. The 600,000 > is worldwide and most Cranes in US are in the West. Additionally, geese > raise large numbers of young each year, while Cranes raise 1, and only > occasionally 2, young each year. It takes 6-7 years for a Crane to reach > reproductive maturity. So, there is little likelihood the population is > going to explode like the geese population. Hunting Cranes in TN is a bad > idea. Visit tennessee.gov/twra/sandhillproposal.htmll and let them know > you oppose it. > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with > first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. > You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds > you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should > appear in the first paragraph. > _____________________________________________________________ > To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: > tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _____________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to: > tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > ______________________________________________________________ > TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society > Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) > endorse the views or opinions expressed > by the members of this discussion group. > > Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------ > Assistant Moderator Andy Jones > Cleveland, OH > ------------------------------- > Assistant Moderator Dave Worley > Rosedale, VA > -------------------------------- > Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan > Clarksville, TN > __________________________________________________________ > > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ARCHIVES > TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ > > MAP RESOURCES > Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif > Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com > > _____________________________________________________________ > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________