Anne: Thank you for the update. I greatly appreciate your and others involvement in resolving the issue in a manner that is productive to both the birding community and the property owner.
John On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:47 PM Anne Swaim <annesw...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Posted on behalf of people who are tracking this issue. Please pass along > to other bird lists.) > > PSA: Follow Up on Camel Farm > > Two events set in motion the recent events at this location and owner’s > immediate desire to fill ponds: > > 1)Unsafe parking on Rt 62 almost caused a truck to hit parked car, and > 2) birders being rude to landowner. > > Requests: Pull all the way over on Rt 62. View birds for a few minutes and > leave. Owner doesn’t want birders there for hours or every day. > > Note: owner did put in a gravel parking path for birders on William Lain > Rd. It is across from the white house (longer distance to view ponds. > Please do not be rude to farmers. > > Owner will not fill in ponds, but she wanted to be clear and wanted to > make this understood: > “I made these ponds and will fill them in. I like birds. I have two other > ponds they can go to.” (Unfortunately not accessible.) > > Please keep in mind that birder actions have consequences and please do > not ruin this for > 1) birds and 2) other birders. Thank you. > > Anne Swaim > Saw Mill River Audubon > -- > > ———————— > Anne Swaim, > Executive Director > Saw Mill River Audubon > sawmillriveraudubon.org > M: 914-548-3235 > O: 914-666-6503 > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
