http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/ Conservation, Research, Public Outreach Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:17:48 GMT Stan Moore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/97 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/97 To whomever posted this -- There is a huge body of literature on the overall subject, but the only known (or even proposed) solution is to put wind turbines in Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:01:51 GMT mammalbiologist@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/96 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/96 Stan, can you tell me more about this? I have known that birds were being killed by wind turbines and now I just read a study about bats that are getting the Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:19:03 GMT Stanley Moore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/95 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/95 As a person who has been a conservation activist/agitator for years on the Altamont Pass issue, besides having personal experience in raptor field work in the Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:46:34 GMT Stan Moore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/94 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/94 Thanks Steve -- It was great to speak with you by telephone this afternoon. I thought red might be the wrong color for your region according to California Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:37:11 GMT simwoodduk@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/93 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/93 Dear Stan Moore, Thanks for checking. I have been banding with my own Master Personal Banding Permit for the last thirty five years here in California and Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:16:17 GMT Ryan Young http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/92 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/92 Hi Stan,   Your last message stated, "This seems to me to be a possible contradiction to the California Burrowing Owl's protocols for color banding burrowing Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:06:06 GMT Ryan Young http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/91 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/91 Hi Steve,   Welcome to the BUOW forum.  Nice to hear from fellow banders.  The transmitters are from Communications Specialists. www.com-spec.com  800 854 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:33:09 GMT Stan Moore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/90 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/90 Dear Steve Simmons -- After hearing you say that you are managing and banding and colorbanding burrowing owls in California, I have to ask: Are you authorized Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:22:11 GMT Steve Simmons http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/89 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/89 Hi Ryan, I just joined this list group and am very interested in your trapping methods for the BUOW. I have 24 artificial burrows on one large ranch (16,000 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:53:36 GMT Debbie http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/88 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/88 How certain can one be of absence on a 60 acre site that has open fields and occupied dairies? I cannot survey on the dairies only from the edge with Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:54:09 GMT Stanley Moore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/87 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/87 Hi Larissa -- First, I would suggest that if you are interested in burrowing owl conservation, you would do some research to get accurate information on what Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:01:12 GMT Larissa Clark http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/86 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/86 Ah, thanks for the clarification. It is curious how difficult it is for humans to coexist with wildlife, as I am quickly learning. I did hear of some Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:32:20 GMT Stanley Moore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/85 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/85 Dear Larissa -- Thanks for your sincere effort to seek answers to my questions. The questions were rhetorical, however, and the answers could never be found Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:22:10 GMT Larissa Clark http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/84 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/84 Regarding number 1 below, I skimmed through several pages on www.altamontsrc.org and found that the src is made up of five members who are appointed by various Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:18:35 GMT Stanley Moore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/83 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CA_BUOW_FORUM/message/83 see: http://www.altamontsrc.org/alt_doc/m30_apwra_monitoring_report_exec_sum_july_08.pdf Look at Table ES-1 in this executive summary. Some questions emerge in