I wonder if a current or former employee is the most dispassionate
person to offer praise for ODNR.  The writer, who is undeniably a
genuine lover of wild birds of all species, still finds it necessary to
say the area mentioned is "paid for by hunting and fishing license."
KPWA has a decidedly checkered history with the birding and scientific
communities, and the first question one might ask is if the fall
draw-downs actually have--in writing--anything whatsoever to say about
planned stopover habitat for migrant shorebirds illegal to kill, but
rather quite different considerations for hunting (including several
species of shorebirds, of course). I agree with the writer that this
particular instance is good luck for shorebirds, but this seems to be a
genuine example of happenstance--"accidental habitats"--rather than
official concern for non-game species like turnstones (black-bellied
plovers and Wilson's snipes are game birds in Ohio statutes, with the
former only temporarily disallowed).
Bill Whan
Columbus


On 9/3/2014 10:21 PM, Tim Daniel wrote:
> Spent some time with the Hudsonian Godwits @ Big Island Wildlife Area
> and then drove to Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area to take a look @ the
> pond #27 shorebirds.  A good number of the usual characters with the
> highlight being a black-bellied plover, 2 ruddy turnstones and 3
> Wilson's Snipe along the Western edge of the pond.  Both areas are
> owned and managed by the Ohio Division of Wildlife and paid for by
> hunting and fishing license.  Good job ODNR!
>

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