[Tweeters] The East 90 - a question?

[Paul Bannick via Tweeters]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for asking the question.  It would be extemely unethical to put any
bait for voles closer to the road.  As with baiting of raptors, you are
decreasing their healthy avoidance of humans and increasing the liklihood
that they will be hit but cars.  Collisions with autos are often the most
common reason for owl fatalities during the winter.

I know you are not asking for yourself but for the education of all, so
thanks for the question.

Paul

On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM Jim Betz via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> TWEET!  TWEET!

>

>    The East 90 is proving to again be a reliable location for Harriers

> and SEOW.  However,

>

> unlike last year, the birds are staying quite a ways away from the

> road.  There

>

> certainly are lots of photographers and viewers present  ... at just

> about any time of

>

> day and any day of the week - about the only thing that cuts down on the

> numbers

>

> is bad weather/bad light.

>

>    As to the subject of the birds staying back away from the road (most

> of the time) - I

>

> have a question.  Is it ethical to drop some corn kernels in the grass

> near the road?

>

> I'm not talking 'right along the road/ditch' but rather in the grass on

> the other

>

> side of the ditch.

>

>    This should attract the voles which should attract the Harriers and

> SEOWs.)  Is it likely

>

> to work?  If one were to do this - would you need to do it several

> times?  And

>

> what kind of frequency?  Every 3 or 4 days for 2 or 3 weeks? More?

>

>                                                               - Jim

>

> P.S. The new parking area is getting used - but it doesn't seem to make

> any difference

>

>         in the number of cars parked along the road.  There have

> -definitely- been some

>

>        hunters in the legal areas of the Samish Flats and Fir Island.

>

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