Amen. Where is the administrator? Stop this nonsense. Now. Mark Hefter [email protected] (917) 860-9323 Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 11, 2021, at 11:34 AM, Corey Finger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This is among the dumbest thing I have ever read. > > To conflate a simple statement of concern for birds and ethical behavior with > the radicalization that led to coup attempt and at least 5 deaths is just > incredibly stupid and tone deaf. > > If you post photos of owls on Twitter with locations and that leads to people > wanting to have nothing to do with you and that bothers you maybe you should > stop posting exact locations of owls? And stop blaming others for the fact > that your unethical behavior leads to people not liking you? > > Get a grip. > > Good Birding, > Corey Finger > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 11, 2021, at 9:59 AM, Gus Keri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think the moderators of this list should learn from what happened in >> Washington DC on Wednesday and block Mr. Thomas Fiore from posting on this >> list ever again. (or at least ask him to change his style) >> >> Here is why. >> >> After I joined this list, I became fond of his emails because of the >> valuable info he provides about the birds of Manhattan. I also noted that at >> the end of every email he thanks the birders who follow birding ethics >> focusing on few issues: minimizing disturbance to birds, not playing >> recorder and not disclosing roost location. >> >> At the beginning it didn’t bother me and I reached a point when I stopped >> reading that paragraph. >> But lately, it started to bother me because I found out that when you repeat >> certain “propaganda” over and over and over again, it will lead to >> radicalization of people. >> >> Ask President Trump about that. >> >> I remember when Mr. Robert DeCandido wrote an email telling people that he >> was assaulted by one birder because he was playing birds songs in Central >> park. This is one form of radicalization. Birders think they are entitled to >> do anything to protect birds, even violence against another human being. >> >> I am also a victim of this radicalization. >> >> Because I post photos of owls on twitter, I was subjected to what I call a >> “cancel culture.” Some birders started boycotting me and started to spread >> false rumors about me that I am a danger to birds. They even apply their >> “cancel culture” on any person who is perceived as a friend of mine, to the >> point that some people who have nothing to do with it started to avoid me. >> >> What happened to Mr DeCandido and what I am hearing being said about me >> behind my back made me worried about my own safety. I became very cautious >> when I go birding especially that I do all my birding alone. I became afraid >> of birders. It is unbelievable, I know you would say that. But this is the >> truth. >> >> I became very withdrawn and started avoiding all birders, except those who I >> know they are friendly to me. >> >> I think you got my point on why Mr. Fiore should be blocked. His persistence >> in writing these things help radicalizing birders. But you might say >> promoting good birding ethics is a good thing. The problem is that there are >> significant number of birders who don’t agree with these ethics and some of >> them are very big in bird watching and birding research. >> >> It doesn’t matter what side you are on. The attack on the Capitol on >> Wednesday was committed by the radicalized right. But the radicalized left >> is also capable of similar acts if they have a chance. It is the >> radicalization that is the problem. And there is so much radicalization in >> the birding community, I am afraid. >> >> Some people might consider me radical when it comes to posting photos of >> owls or consider Mr DeCandido as radical in using songs playing but at least >> I don’t resort to violence or cancel culture or spreading false rumors and >> to the best of my knowledge Mr. DeCandido doesn’t do either. >> >> So, please, Stop the radicalization and block Mr. Fiore. >> >> Thank you >> Gus Keri >> >> >> >> >> ---- On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:59:01 -0500 Thomas Fiore <[email protected]> >> wrote ---- >>> Extralimital, south of NY and reported on Tues., Jan. 5th as “headed >>> north”, a nicely-photographed Red-billed Tropicbird off Ocean City Inlet, >>> in Maryland, is quite a sighting for mid-winter especially that far north; >>> report in eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S78709999 >>> . . .New York County (in N.Y. City) including Manhattan and Randall’s >>> Islands. >>> It seems there are no newer reports of a Greater White-fronted Goose for >>> N.Y. County since Jan. 7th at Central Park’s reservoir, when more than 50 >>> observers saw this bird at various times. There have been, at times, >>> ongoing good numbers of Canada Geese, in various flock-sizes, moving about >>> Central Park, and also ongoing around Randall’s Island. >>> A good find on Wed., 1/6 was a Lesser Black-backed Gull, photographed by J. >>> Keane at Randall’s Island, off the southeasterern edge; it is possible this >>> gull might be lingering. >>> Both Western Tanagers that have been, respectively (one) near & sometimes >>> on West 22nd St. in the Chelsea neighborhood, and (one, other) mostly in & >>> near Carl Schurz Park off East End Ave. & adjacent to E. 86th St. (nearest >>> park entry to where that 2nd tanager’s been most-often seen) have >>> continued, albeit both having become trickier to find with ease, as each is >>> wandering a bit more with a search, most-likely, for enough food the >>> primary issue at each of the 2 areas (which are separated by several >>> miles). The Carl Schurz Park tanager has, at least several times in recent >>> days, gone to the eastern parts of the park to locate some food, despite >>> the now-available ‘goodies’ such as a suet-block & at least 3 types of >>> fruits, plus food more suited to seed-eating species, in the western edges, >>> all south of the E. 86th St. park entrance. In addition, that tanager has >>> been making ongoing forays not just to trees along E. End Ave. but also up >>> on to buildings there, & possibly on to the nearest streets, at times. >>> Similarly, the 'W. 22nd St.' (other) tanager in Chelsea has been ranging >>> about & has gone across Tenth Ave. as well as up to at least 23rd St. & by >>> the High Line, movements that were also seen by that bird even some weeks >>> ago, if not too regularly then. Thus, the increased difficulty of locating >>> either of these as often as had been previously possible. So far, neither >>> seems to have one particular ‘new’ location that is fully reliable; however >>> I found each on Sunday, 1/10, with a fair amount of effort. The Carl Schurz >>> Park bird was not as tough, but still some several hrs. were put in at that >>> location. The Chelsea tanager was seen on both Tenth Ave. (briefly, where I >>> had seen it a few previous times, not in street trees but in flight) and up >>> along W. 23rd, but then again at W. 22nd, just across from Clement Clark >>> Moore Park (which is primarily a children’s play area). >>> The Eastern Phoebe that was found on the Manhattan (portion of) the >>> Christmas Bird Count turned up in the same area, at Stuyvesantown off First >>> Ave. in Manhattan’s almost-lower east side, on Saturday (1/9), & seen again >>> Sun. 1/10; re-found by Ron Lulov. This is virtually certain to be that same >>> bird from Dec. 20th, a full 3 weeks+ later. >>> A Tennessee Warbler has again turned up on Randall’s Island, after not >>> being seen for some weeks, on Saturday 1/9 (separate sightings by G. >>> Stankovic, D. Aronov), and that warbler was still present at least as of >>> Sunday, 1/10. On 1/8, an Ovenbird was found (C. McRae) at Madison Square >>> Park in Manhattan. At least one Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler is also >>> lingering at Randall’s Island in an area where one had been. There may >>> possibly be a few other warblers around that (so far) survived into this >>> winter’s colder times. >>> A Yellow-crowned Night-Heron has been ongoing at the Little Hell Gate >>> saltmarsh on Randall’s Island. A female-plumaged N. Pintail was found at >>> Swindler Cove / Sherman Creek (east & north of the eastern terminus of >>> Dyckman Street in Manhattan) by G.&T. Plowman on Sat., 1/9, the latter >>> location where a Pintail had been in the fall also. A drake Wood Duck has >>> continued on the Central Park Meer this month, and to Sunday, 1/10. >>> A lone Rusty Blackbird has been regular for some time in the Central Park >>> Ramble. Among other species being seen in the past several days in N.Y. >>> County are: Canada Goose, [Atlantic] Brant, Wood Duck (mostly at the >>> Central Park Meer), Gadwall, American Black Duck, Mallard, Northern >>> Shoveler, Greater Scaup (rivers), Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye (from >>> Randall’s Island, albeit often in non-N.Y. County waters), Hooded >>> Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser (rivers, harbor, etc.), Ruddy Duck, >>> Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Great Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, >>> Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle (multiple individuals >>> including flyovers of Central Park, & far more often along Hudson river), >>> Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk (seems to be at least one wintering at >>> Inwood), Red-tailed Hawk, American Coot, Ring-billed Gull, [American] >>> Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, ['feral'] Rock Pigeon, Mourning >>> Dove, American Kestrel, Merlin (occasional sightings), Peregrine Falcon, >>> multi.owls, Belted Kingfisher (several locations incl. Randall’s Island), >>> Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (dozens are present on >>> Manhattan island now), Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Yellow-shafted >>> Flicker, Blue Jay, Common Raven, American Crow, Fish Crow, Black-capped >>> Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, >>> Brown Creeper, Carolina Wren, Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit >>> Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher >>> (multiple locations), House Sparrow, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, >>> Eastern Towhee, Slate-colored Junco, American Tree Sparrow (in the >>> multiple, & in multiple locations), Chipping Sparrow (several - wintering), >>> Field Sparrow (1), [Red] Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow (at >>> least 3 wintering in 3 different parks), Swamp Sparrow (multiple), >>> White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Common >>> Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Purple Finch, House Finch, Pine Siskin, >>> American Goldfinch, and likely at least a few others. >>> ..Back on Jan. 2nd, a Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly was found in >>> good condition & photographed by M. Freeman with 3 other observers, at the >>> Conservatory Garden of Central Park. >>> . . . . .Good birding to all - and thanks to the many who also keep the >>> birds’ best interests at heart when out in the field - and limit any >>> possible disturbances to the birds’ requirements for food, shelter, & >>> safety, including for the many migrants a safe passage on their often long >>> journeys as well as birds now on roost sites. >>> Tom Fiore,manhattan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: >>> Welcome and Basics Rules and Information >>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: >>> The Mail Archive Surfbirds >>> ABA Please submit your observations to 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/[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/ >> >> -- >> > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
