[va-bird] Re: photo permit at Dyke Marsh

Is the tripod the problem?  If so, will we get fined for looking at birds 
through a scope on a tripod?  What about photos on a monopod?  Soon we will 
probably have to hire a security guard at $50 an hour to bird Dyke Marsh.  I 
wonder if the joggers and dog walkers will also have to do the same? 

I used to be in a photo club that got permits for downtown Washington and the 
Botanical Garden.  The main concerns were not using tripods at the monuments 
because the legs with those little screw down spikes could scratch the marble 
floors of the monuments.  I wonder if women with spiked heels are also a 
threat. 

The other concern was the prohibition of tripods on the Capitol grounds because 
they could be used as a base for  a weapon that could be used against the 
Capitol. 

I guess we could put our scopes and cameras on rifle stocks and really freak 
them out.

Ain't life grand in the land of the free? <g>

Ron Staley,

Herndon Virginia
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  From: Zelig88@xxxxxxx 
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  Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 4:21 PM
  Subject: [va-bird] Re: photo permit at Dyke Marsh


  Regarding Paul Kane's encounter w. the Park Police...

  ***Also played 20 questions with U.S. Park Police Officer who stopped me 
  near the Belle Haven parking lot to ask if I had a permit to be 
  photographing with a tripod on National Park Service property. I was 
  stunned, first because I didn't have the the aforementioned permit, and 
  because I have been digiscoping on the river for years now without 
  benefit of one.***

  I, for one, hope he is as vigilant when it comes to cracking down on people 
who are letting their dogs run off leash...

  Rich Rieger

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