The Obama and McCain campaigns responded to a set of questions on environmental policy sent to them by the Auduban Society. I thought it might be appropriate here to cite their responses to the question about bird management policy:
AUDUBON SOCIETY: Eagles are rebounding from the brink of extinction, but many other birds continue to [...]

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In lamenting the loss of the riverside habitat on campus where the geese used to gather, I think I was wrong about the type of behavioral modification I’ve observed in Whitey and the Honkers. I identified it as operant conditioning, but I think it’s better explained as classical, or Pavlovian, conditioning. They’ve simply learned [...]

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All I really want this week is my favorite birding spot back. For the past couple years I’ve enjoyed going down to the riverside of the St. Joe on IPFW’s campus (that’s Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne) and observing the waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls, and songbirds that live in the mixed habitat there. There’s a wooded [...]

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Waffles started a good thing with WANT Wednesdays. I’d like to join in and point out that it would be awful nice to have a goose:

Valentino is a domestic breed, so I don’t think they’re running… afoul… of any wildlife protection laws by keeping her. (The wild Swan Goose is the other species, besides the [...]

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After the cracker fiasco, we need something a little more light-hearted. Here, watch these squirrels fighting:
Squirrel Fight

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