[restornu]

Another Rush common sense moment!

PC Science gets it wrong again!

[restornu]

Those working on the 16 year product said their premise was wrong...

They said should have been trying to prove that logging did not effect the population of the Spotted Owl!

The report came out Sat 02/1/06 heard this on the John Batchlor show!

Of course our caring Media Yelling at Chaney failed to report this!

[bybybill]

Got to love it when Rush asked if the spotted owls committed suicide when the tree they lived in was cut down? PC Science didn`t save the owls but it sure killed a lot of jobs, small towns, and dreams. In the meantime, we got environmental lawyers. Lucky us.

[Mike Darancette]

One of the mysteries of black holes is how they do not behave "intuitively."

Nice looking critter. How do they fare against Eagles and larger owls?

[railsplitter]

The barred owl is fond of the tasty spotted owl and is suspected of being the primary predator of said owls, not the logging industry, which up to now, has received most of the blame. I believe the latest edition of Outdoor Life or Field and Stream carries such a report.

[taxesareforever]

If Northern Spotted owls are in California, where are the Southern Spotted owls?

[llevrok]

They are very good with a little wasabi....

[llevrok]

The Northern Spotted Owl is the well-known symbol of the controversy over the effects of logging. (bold added for clarification)

The word symbol says it all. Not fact - but a symbol of how all logging could be stopped.

So when all the trees are saved and the recycled fiber is used, how are you going to wipe your butt and blow your nose?

[lesser_satan]

ping!

[caveat emptor]

I learned how to "whistle up" owls from Laidlaw Williams on a Christmas bird count in the Carmel CA area in the late 50s. He wanted a Saw Whet Owl on his list, drove to a location where he knew they lived, gave the appropriate call, et voila.

I can still recognize and make the call, and occasionally hear and draw one in at my northwest rainforest home. As it happens, owls aren't all that bright, and I sometimes get a response from a local Barred Owl.

A family friend who did demographic studies on Spotted Owls as a graduate student in Northern California around 1980 found the Spotted Owls even dumber. He got responses by blowing the horn on his pickup.

Conclusion? Spotted Owls may be dying out because of stupidity.

[Joe Boucher]

Spotted owl? NOt quite as tasty as manatees.

[Caipirabob]

And while you enjoy your spotted owl, may we suggest one of the fine selections of California wines...

[Carry_Okie]

The only reason they say logging isn't a threat in Marin County is because there is virtually none.

Now they talk about preserving rat nests for spotted owls and you don't see that as a premise to prevent construction and retain dangerous levels of fuel near houses.

This isn't a Rush common sense moment at all. The brush in Marin is so thick that the owls don't have flyways to catch those rats. There's a balance that has never occurred to these idiots.