Apparently upon departing the stint location yesterday, one group of birders
had a negative interaction with someone who said they had no business being
there.
So it sounds like if *anyone* interacts with a farmer/landowner there, PLEASE
tell them that birders have had permission to walk the weedy areas around the
water in the past and that none of us has seen someone to ask for continued
permission this year. Tell them we carefully avoid the crops and are only
looking and taking photos. Upcoming dove and teal seasons may have someone
thinking we are scouting for hunting spots or something.
This site has typically been visited only a couple of times a week and by
single birders or small groups, so the added attention that more cars and
people bring to the situation may not be good.
The situation now sounds somewhat tenuous, so please do whatever you can to
accommodate landowner concerns.
bpb, Louisville
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