Thank you Luke, for sending this well done letter to Riverhead Town Board. I have been bothered about this for some time. When I inquired, of the Riverhead Police Dept., I was told that if I wanted to have permission to go birding in the parks and town open fields all I needed to get was a hunting license. It seems that when one has a hunting license you have permission to go anywhere in and around these public areas that traditionally permitted hunting. Is not this insane? It simply reflects the traditional nature of this Suffolk area population and its politics. We could and should get this up dated changed! It is out of date!! There are a lot more people birding out here than hunting and they all probably vote more than the remaining number of traditional hunters. Andrew Murphy In a message dated 4/17/2015 9:29:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "leormand ." <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Date: April 16, 2015 at 9:55:37 PM EDT To: NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Letter to Riverhead Town Board RE- EPCAL Reply-To: "leormand ." <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > All: I have drafted and sent a letter to the Riverhead Town Board regarding runway access to EPCAL and have included some of my favorite images. The letter and images can be seen by viewing the link below. I encourage all of you who have visited EPCAL over the years to contact the Board. If our voices are strong, we cannot be ignored. Intimidating people who are birding on public land with the threat of JAIL is absurd and preposterous. Thank you. http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2015/04/epcal-letter-to-riverhead-town -board.html On a note related to actual birds, I saw a Merlin devouring a small bird this morning while on my morning run in East Patchogue. -- - Luke Orman _www.birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com_ (http://www.birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: _Welcome and Basics_ (http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME) _Rules and Information_ (http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES) _Subscribe, Configuration and Leave_ (http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm) Archives: _The Mail Archive_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html) _Surfbirds_ (http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L) _BirdingOnThe.Net_ (http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html) Please submit your observations to _eBird_ (http://ebird.org/content/ebird/) ! -- = -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
