Researcher,
It is estimated that 20-30% of Hillary's votes came from Republicans who switched parties to vote for her instead of letting Obama win. All they had to do was ask and sign a form. I spoke to several people who claimed to have done this because they figured she was the lesser of two bad choices. Sometimes you get to choose between one sharp poke in the eye or a blunt poke in the eye. Sad state of election affairs this year.
Most bird loss, in my lifetime, is from loss of edge habitat more than weather. When a farm is in effect a 1000 acre field with a ditch bank, which can not hide a mouse because it has been mowed flat, no quail will exist. No cover, no food, no place to nest and raise the young. It is a sad state of farming. Add a few chemicals to keep the bugs and weeds down and what do quail get to live on and where can they live on the average farm?
