As an amateur birder in the…

As an amateur birder in the Hamilton area, I think it will be very dangerous to have hunters shooting at cormorants that nest with other currently protected birds like Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets. Not only will some hunters mistakenly kill these other species but they may also frighten the females off their nests during breeding season with their firing. Natural species will regulate their populations themselves; a cull of the Double-crested Cormorants does not make sense at this time. Please reconsider this short-sighted proposal. Thank-you.