Two Bald Eagles were feeding on the deer carcass reported by Jean earlier, until a Ford pickup truck pulled up and a man got out and walked out onto the farm field carrying a camera. He approached the Eagles until the younger bird finally flushed off. He kept walking out toward the remaining bird, an adult, until I pulled up next to his truck and confronted him from the roadside. He seemed offended to be called out for 1) trespassing on the farm field and 2) flushing a Bald Eagle (!), of all things!! A minute later a car pulled in and a woman got it and started walking out into the field too!
It’s just mind boggling to me that people will still do this! First off, these are the fields where we search in winter for rare geese, then in the fall for “grasspipers”. It’s in our interest to maintain good relationships with the landowners- how these people justify walking out into private property is beyond me. Second- you’re flushing Bald Eagles off their food source- how brain dead are you?? I have photos of the license plates and people involved and will be sharing with NYS DEC and US Fish and Wildlife. I know the discussion goes on here about posting and birder behavior, but really, things like this make it more likely that reporting lists will become fragmented as we need to “vet” birders and photographers who will not engage in unethical behavior. Mike Sent from my iPhone -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
