For anyone interested on the Altamont Pass Discuss or other venues --  I was contacted recently by Drew Annis, who is a PhD student in the anthropology...
Dear all --  I just noticed a power point presentation by Wally Erickson of West, Inc to some wind organization in Washington State, it appeared. There...
Mr Moore, Why are you so mean? Were you the school bully? All your criticisms of people trying their best at burrowing owl conservation and science (no matter...
Dear Catherine --  I thank you for your opinion.  And I beg to differ on the grounds that it is NOT rude but essential to uncover bad science, bad faith...
We;ve heard what feel-gooders think about rudeness as relates to burrowing owls. On the other hand, I would say that California's burrowing owls themselves...
I would like to make another point -- it is rude and insulting to be called "mean" and a "bully". I have fought bullies my whole life, from the time I was in...
Hello all, As moderator of this site, I just wanted to remind everyone that I set up this site to discuss burrowing owl issues or post relevant articles or...
Dear all, Helen Trefry, of the Canadian Wildlife Service, recently contacted my good friend Tracy L. Fleming with a query regarding some very unusual ...
Hi Alan --  That account was certainly widely publicized in real time and I am surprised that it has not already been published. I thought it had!  An...
Hi Alan -- Â Just another related thought in contemplating this mystery -- Â I think of renesting as an activity carried out by mated pairs, such as occurs...
Just another thought or two while taking a break from the stress of banding data entry into the Bandit program, which is new to me: Ian Newton famously showed...
Stan, I am sorry. I'm sorry that my angry remarks brought up unpleasant memories. I have no doubt that you have the strength of your convictions. I'm very glad...
Dear Catherine -- Â Jack Barclay has done a very good job at learning and implementing how to keep a tiny little population of burrowing owls at the San Jose...
It was interesting that Alan Sieradzki mentioned Canadian burrowing owls today. Ten or more years ago I visited Canada and spent several days with Kort...
I totally agree. Jack and Pete are stellar! I've learned a lot from both of them and they have been very generous with time helping me. What you say reminds me...
I would say that the most important thing citizens can do is to get informed about the plight of the burrowing owl in California and then work to get the...
I have to say that in my view, Dan Rosenberg, now of Oregon State University, is probably the best and most outstanding pure scientist among the burrowing owl...
Hi Stan, Firstly, apologies in my delay in getting back to you. For some reason, postings on this forum only feed through to my email address in fits and...
Hi Alan -- Â I think this is one of those situations that will be impossible to pin down exactly without some genetics or direct observations, and it is too...
Hello all -- Â I am wondering if anyonehere can share what they learned from the Bob Wilkerson presentation at the California Burrowing Owl Consortium meeting...
All --  I heard from Bob Wilkerson today that he did not attend the Consortium meeting as advertised on the website. But he did provide an update to...
Folks -- By popular request I have created a personal raptor blog in the past couple of days, which I suspect will be highly unique. I just put a story on a...
Dear all -- The next few years are going to be interesting. We have reached the limits to economic growth in our civilization and entered a period of...
Dear Stan, I am writing a short paper for a philosophy class on alternative energy and wildlife concerns, and I would like to use the burrowing owl/Altamont...
Hi Larissa --  Firstly, this forum is owned by Ryan ___ and not by me. I just turned out to be the most vocal participant, so you would have to ask Ryan...
Hi Stan, Interesting ideas, I think you have hit a number of topics some even beyond the scope of this forum.  I have been fascinated by economics since...
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