Thank you very much Roger

Thank you very much for your nice comments asicit

Good morning Greg, and thank you very much

Beautiful Buckeye Merry, nice color, good job! I have not seen one like that up here.

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Good morning merry, thank you as always for your kind words

[
quote=kpmac]Outstanding series, Glenn.[/quote

Hi kpmac, thanks very much

Hi Cwilson, thank you very much for your nice comments

Thank you Sirsnapalot

I believe the photographer that used the pet store mice to lure the owls in is a responsible person who meant no harm to the birds, sometimes people just don't realize the diseases that can be spread from captive raised animals and then introduced to the wild populations. Some diseases are spread through urine and once in the soil can last for twenty years. It may only take one mouse to infect an area. There are diseases that infect animals in captivity as well as genetic disorders that should not be introduced to the wild populations. Infectious disease is only part of the equation. Right down the road from us a fellow that owned the grocery store in town would bring home the out of date donuts, rolls etc. from the store and feed the bears. The cars would would be lined up with people out standing feet away from 500lb bears watching him feed them with cameras clicking. This went on for years until a woman had part of her face taken off then the bears ripped the door off his garage trying to find food when he did not show up to feed them at the usual time. Once the bears lose their fear of people you have major problems. The same issues exist with Whitetail bucks in the rut if they lose their fear of humans.
Obviously everyone is not going to stop putting out their bird feeders, and we don't worry too much about getting attacked by chickadees. Folks just need to be aware that when we offer food to wildlife there will be behavioral changes.

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Thank you very much PixelStan