SE Arizona Butterfly Counts and Collecting on Counts

Bob Parcelles,Jr. rjparcelles at yahoo.com
Sat May 26 16:51:50 EDT 2001


--- "Bob Parcelles,Jr." <rjparcelles at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Hank & Priscilla Brodkin <hankb at theriver.com>
> wrote:
> > For the southeastern Arizona butterfly count
> > schedule and contacts go to
> > :
> > http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/counts.html
> > 
> > Please note that most of Fourth of July Butterfly
> > Counts have been in
> > existence many years.  The program was started
> > (correct me if I am
> > wrong) by the Xerces Society, a society whose only
> > mission is the
>
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> 
> RON, ALEX AND ALL,
> 
> I have collected Lepps for many years (while I don't
> personally feel the need to anymore, just like I no
> longer hunt) and, I also for academic and museum
> use,
> have collected birds.  To compare bird collecting
> with
> lepp collecting may not be fair. Not only do to laws
> and public perception, but also it would seem
> ridiculus for "birders and birdwatchers" to randomly
> collect birds.  Perhaps with Xerces and NABA's
> efforts
> to further popularize butterflies this might indeed
> be
> a quickly growing trend. The more people involved in
> Natural History the lest consumptive we may have to
> become.  As an accredited ecologist, I support the
> management for mammal and bird surplus harvesting. 
> Without Ducks unlimeted we would have not gotten
> very
> far in avian conservation other than the eary
> response
> to market hunting of ardeidids by Audubon (later
> National Audubon).  Alex's arguments ring true, but
> Ron makes some important points as far as research
> is
> concerned.  I think the3 real point is that NABA has
> tried to increase the number of Lepidopterists
> without
> increasing geometrically the stress on the resource.
> Hopefull us watchers will tolerat sincere
> collectors.
> 
> Good lepping and Happy Memorial Day,
> Bob Parcelles, Jr. Lt.Col, Retired
> Pinellas Park, FL
> 
> 
> PS...I detest slob hunters and shoot them when ever
> I
> can! 
> 
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Pinellas Park, FL
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