I'd agree with "many photographers", but disagree with *most*. The first ebirdsnyc post is just sightings, so not of any interest apart from the link to the blog. The followup is interesting in its set of rationales, some perhaps bizarre, as cited by John. The blog gives some idea of how far he went, but I'm not sure it gives much basis for anything beyond a trespass legal action, however much it may be warranted.
But for those that are curious, the ebirdsnyc messages are: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/message/8615 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/message/8618 Blog: http://yojimbot.blogspot.com/ Phil Jeffrey Princeton NJ On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Andrew Block <ablock22...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Here, Here. I'm glad so many people responded to the unbelievable actions > of this person. As I've said before not all but many if not most so called > photographers have no scruples and will do anything to get close to their > quarry. You would think that when this guy found the end of the trail he'd > know to not go any farther, but no, he did as I've seen many do. There is > no excuse for doing what he did and I hope since he violtated several > federal laws he will be prosecuted by the DEC to the full extent of the > laws. I do not however agree with closing down of the preserve as John > suggested. In general birders follow the rules and not all should be > penalized for one's idiotic habits. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
