[wisb] Re: Great Gray Owl
- From: David La Puma <woodcreeper@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: dhfreriks@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 21:09:02 -0600
Dave- I don't think you need to attack Cynthia to make your point that you
think the owl locations should be public knowledge. The difference between
your email and Cynthia's was that she was coming from a place of general
concern for the bird's well-being. It turns out that no matter how
well-intentioned we are about trying to spread the love of this bird,
there's ALWAYS some jerkoff (so far 100% of them have been photographers)
who decides they need to bait the bird, and many more (birders included)
who feel they need to trespass in order to see it. If you don't want to see
this request to suppress information to continue, then do be the
self-policing force needed to ensure that type of activity is not
tolerated. What's the best thing to do? Today's call to the warden was a
great move- and appears to have been productive. Otherwise, if you feel up
to it (you seem like a pretty formidable guy, at least that's the way your
carry yourself in online banter anyway) stand between the owl and the perps
and let them know that behavior won't be tolerated. If more people acted at
stewards for the wildlife we so desperately seek, would we even be having
this conversation? Your direct attacks on someone who actually cares for
the bird are unwarranted and misguided.
In birds we trust (people, not so much),
David
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On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, David Freriks <dhfreriks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cynthia, so who entails " birders we can trust" ? Nothing like a little
> censorship based on personal opinions. A birder on the other list was
> getting railed on for possibly being not trustworthy when in fact he was
> the guy that originaly questioned the baiters about what they were doing. I
> guess we need to start making an official list.. Dave Freriks.
> Hartford. WI
>
> On Thursday, March 7, 2013, Cynthia Bridge <cynthiabridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > I don't want to resume a big debate about sharing owl sightings.
> However, maybe it's time we birders stop openly publicizing this bird is
> still present and deal with RsFI on this bird from trusted birders through
> the backchannels.
> >
> > Cynthia Bridge
> > Fort Atkinson, Jefferson.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Mar 7, 2013, at 2:40 PM, Paul Schwalbe <p.g6schwalbe@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Birders:
> >> When we arrived at the Great Gray Owl location at about 10:10 this
> morning,
> >> there were already about 11 cars there. The owl was perched in the
> large
> >> tree
> >> on the east side of the road, right where the snow-mobile trail makes a
> >> turn.
> >> Everyone was enjoying the owl for about 45 minutes, when things turned
> sour.
> >> This whole time there were two individuals half way up the hill on the
> west
> >> side
> >> of the road, in camouflaged suits, each with a large lens on their
> camera.
> >> They
> >> didn't join the rest of us down on the road.
> >>
> >> Then about 10:55 +/- the owl flew to a fence post, then crossed the road
> to
> >> the
> >> west and landed in the snow just past a group of trees. At that time
> the
> >> two
> >> individuals up on the hill approached the owl, and appeared to throw
> items
> >> in the snow
> >> which attracted the owl to them. We didn't see the owl pick anything
> up.
> >> Doing this four or five times, they drew the owl up toward and to the
> >> house up on
> >> top of the hill, too far away to be seen well. To bad about the 30+
> people
> >> down on the road, many from out of state, we want the owl up here. O
> >> course
> >> we're not selfish. You folks can just come back another day. Too bad!
> >>
> >> People on the road were looking for appropriate adjectives without much
> >> success.
> >>
> >> So it goes!
> >>
> >> Anyway, the owl is still there and in good shape.
> >>
> >> Good birding..................... Paul & Glenna
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Paul & Glenna Schwalbe
> >> Pardeeville, Columbia Co.
> >>
> >>
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