I am concerned about the local landowners escalating their confrontations with us birders. My concern is that some birder might be perceived as angry at being harassed like that or threatening to them and provoke an unwelcome response, such as having a firearm waved around. Don't want that.
Various approaches have occurred to me, eg, A) Writing a letter from an organization like CFO. Perhaps have a "Cooling down period," by not stopping at known sensitive spots til we make contact with the irate men. B) Finding a respected community leader (pastor, neighbor) who can meet with the landowners, offer to negotiate, meet some of us, ascertain that we are not Commy Peace-niks, (well many of us are not), aiming to de-escalate. C) Knocking on doors, preferably with a friend who is female, as that may get a better response. (They shoot horses don't they? Maybe not school teachers). Asking the owners about their concerns, being sympathetic to them and reassure them that we are decent people. Ask them what we can do to appease them. I like trying some of those, especially B), before us telling the Sheriff we are on a public road and being harassed. That might escalate. "YOU called the sheriff on US!!! Where's my gun?" I do not want to start a long thread, but I, being a pessimist, can see a dark outcome here unless we are proactive. You can respond off line if you want. Joe Roller, Denver On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Ira Sanders <zroadrunne...@gmail.com>wrote: > I think you should have encouraged him to call the sheriff and unless he > can show your fingerprints on his mailbox, so what. > > Ira Sanders > > Golden, CO > > > > *From:* cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *The "Nunn Guy" > *Sent:* Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:49 AM > *To:* cobirds@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [cobirds] "Wait, there is more to the story about Latham > Reservoir Welcoming Committee"/Weld > > > > I led Boulder County Audubon trip around Weld County yesterday. Total of > 64 species seen. Highlights are: > > Long-billed Curlew (On east side fo reservoir, near top of hill where > everyone looks to reservoir, bird was along oil industry dirt road in field) > McCown's, Chestnet-collared Longspurs, Loggerhead Shrike, Sage Thrasher, > Lark Bunting at Weld CR 114/108 > Peregrine Falcon at Dover Reservoir (Nunn) > Herring Gull at Woods Lake > Great-tailed Grackle, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-necked Stilt at Weld CR > 59 Marsh > Burrowing Owl Weld CR 33 btw 100/98 on west > brewer's Blacbird Beebe Draw > > I mentioned committee (meaning more than one) on my subject line because > there are more than two people awaiting to "greet" birders. The first > welcoming committe arrived to us by his unlicensed motor vehicle and we > thinking we were getting cookies were greeted by him taking our license > plate numbers down. On the east side of reservoir where curlew is another > gentleman came to us and we thought--this has to be cookies! Wrong. he > greeted us with "That's my mailbox over there, do you know what ID theft > is? if you don't leave I'll be calling the sheriff." Like Norm, > frustrated as we were we decided to leave. Let's just say you would have > more success reasoning with a rock than these two gentleman--and I use that > term generously. > > Birders beware! > > All birds: > > American Robin > House Sparrow > House Finch > Western MEadowlark > Mourning Dove > American Goldfinch > Red-tailed Hawk > European Starling > Rock Pigeon > Eurasian-collared Dove > American Kestrel > Horned Lark > Burrowing Owl > Peregrine Falcon > Green-winged Teal > Northern Pintail > Blue-winged Teal > Black-billed Magpie > Red-winged Blackbird > Canda Goose > mallard > great Horned Owl > Western Grebe > mcCow's Longspur > Chestnut-collared Longspur > Loggerhead Shrike > Sage Thrasher > Common Raven > Swainson's Hawk > Bluejay > Northern Shoveler > Greater yellowlegs > Barn Swallow > Yellow-headed Blackbird > Ruddy Duck > Killdeer > Lesser Yellowlegs > American Coot > Great Blue Heron > Song Sparrow > Double-crested Cormorant > Cinnamon Teal > Lesser Scaup > Herring Gull > American Wigeon > Bald Eagle > Gadwall > American White Pelican > White-crowned Sparrow > Northern Flicker > Black-crowned Night Heron > Black-capped Chickadee > Brown-headed Cowbird > Black-necked Stilt > Long-billed Curlew > Ring-blled Gull > Bufflehead > great-tailed Grackle > Red-necked Phalarope > Least Sandpiper > Lark Bunting > Brewer's Blackbird > > Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ > Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/31a61478-8bf9-42cb-a50f-0180ad2ac7f5%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/31a61478-8bf9-42cb-a50f-0180ad2ac7f5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/006001cf5cba%241b8ad6f0%2452a084d0%24%40com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/006001cf5cba%241b8ad6f0%2452a084d0%24%40com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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