[TN-Bird] Re: Murfreesboro Landfill
- From: Terry Witt <terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Birds Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:59:40 -0800
Access to the landfill has been problematic from day one.
Landfill Road goes to the county landfill, which, although it transects the
property, has nothing to do with Middle Point Landfill where the gulls
congregate each day. In the past year, Middle Point has started moving fill
(dirt?) from the west side of their property across Landfill Road to the other
side. At some point, I assume they will start dumping on the east side of
Landfill Road. It is a no-brainer to refrain from blocking this crossing,
which is quite obvious with a guardshack on the east side and lots of mud in
the road. There is very little traffic of any sort past this point, and none
that should be of concern to Middle Point. There are fairly wide shoulders
where one can park off road, and stay out of everyone's way. I cannot imagine
the authorities discouraging anyone from parking here, regardless of property
rights. All of Middle Point property is fenced, and any unauthorized entry is
asking for trouble. There are usually employees
around the area at all times.
Just use common sense, and there should be a minimum of conflict. I have been
going there for many years and have never been hassled, which differs from my
experience in a number of other areas. Once most people realize you are there
just to look at the birds, they usually are quite nice and accommodating as
well.
I did not see the Iceland Gull yesterday, but the glare in bright sunshine off
the ice made viewing quite difficult. There were loads of birds present as
usual.
Cheers
Terry Witt
Murfreesboro Tn
On Friday, February 20, 2015 5:39 PM, Terry Witt <terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Friday, February 20, 2015 2:17 PM, Chris Agee <chrisageeinindia@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
2-20-15
Rutherford Co.
I just went to the dump in Murfreesboro to try and see the Iceland Gull. I was
away the week that it was being reported and I thought I would take a stab at
it.
The managers of the landfill asked me to post this
to TNbird to notify everyone on the list( he already knew what TNbird was)
that he doesn't recommend trying to view the Gulls on Landfill rd because it is
very unsafe. Big trash trucks drive very fast on that road and it is kinda
dangerous to pull over and get scopes out to view the Gulls. He mentioned that
the road is public but the sides of the road are private property and doesn't
want anyone pulling over there. I think that he is upset about the recent
activity with the Iceland Gull. He also mentioned that it is never ok to go
into the dump itself to view birds and he mentioned pressing charges to anyone
who ventures in. He said that some recent bird watchers had driven off the road
within the dump and got stuck.
He recommends that there is no safe place to view the birds around the dump
and it would be illegal to view them within the dump itself. He was nice, but I
am sure that he is serious about this.
Thanks
Chris Agee
Smith
Co.
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