[obol] on waging war.

[DJ Lauten and KACastelein]

Folks,

I don't want to enter the argument about whether this species deserves 
to live and that one doesn't.  But, I do want to point out that OBOL was 
and is designed to spread word about bird SIGHTINGS. 

I think everyone here would agree that if I went hunting for ducks 
today, and I saw 13 Trumpeter Swans, 501 Mallards, 3 Redheads, and I 
KILLED 4 Pintails, most of you, if not all of you, would probably rather 
not hear about the dead Pintails.  You'd likely be very interested in 
the Garganey I saw though. 

Or, if I kept a running tally for all OBOLers of the number of crows and 
ravens removed, er, killed, to protect our precious coastal breeding 
Snowy Plovers, there would probably be a few people who would rather not 
know the current tally.....or rather not know at all. 

I think Mr. Fix's point is not totally whether we need to kill this 
species or not.  It is that OBOL is for sightings, not killings.  If you 
desire to kill, whether that be for conservation reasons or personnal 
reasons, that is up to you, but the rest of OBOL doesn't necessarily 
need to hear the gory details nor the tally.

I bet there are several hunters on OBOL who report their sightings all 
the time, but not their killings.  Probably best to keep it that way.

Cheers
Dave Lauten
Bandon OR
deweysage at verizon.net