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Re: Count precautions



AMEN!

"Eagan, Michael" wrote:

> Having one foot in both camps, so to speak, must mean that part of me is
> unwashed, disreputable-looking.  I do try to carry my field glasses in the
> hand that is not heavily armed.  I surmise that upland bird hunters are a
> more civilized lot?  Sorry, but the gross generalization would lead us to
> believe that everyone attending a CBC has blue hair, drives extremely slow
> and wears thick glasses, drinks coffee and wine.  Hunters, birders, hikers,
> mountain bikers, lets drop the use of time honored generalizations and start
> moving towards each other.  There are quite a few that do participate in a
> number of outdoor activities, who do not fit the classical molds!
>
> Mike Eagan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Coman [SMTP:hillshepherd@skybest.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:29 PM
> > To:   carolinabirds@duke.edu
> > Subject:      FW: Count precautions
> >
> > Dear Carolinabirders:
> >
> > I must comment on this posting, and the stronger warning that Audubon sent
> > to all CBC compilers. While I recognize that some areas with "high value"
> > installations may need to forewarn the police, are we not carrying this a
> > bit far?
> >
> > We birders will be out on the CBCs carrying field glasses and books. In
> > all
> > of rural North and South Carolina the woods and marshes have been
> > literally
> > FULL of heavily armed, bearded, unwashed, disreputable-looking characters
> > dressed in full camouflage since late October, with no newspaper, radio,
> > or
> > TV reports reaching me that any hunters were being rounded up as suspected
> > saboteurs or terrorists. I wonder if anyone sent a similar warning to the
> > deer and duck-hunting communities?
> >
> > Are we birders viewed as being that much more threatening or suspicious?
> >
> > If I grow a beard, wear camo, don't bathe, drive a rusty truck with no
> > muffler and with a bed full of Bud and Johnnie Walker empties, and carry a
> > semi-auto while birding, am I immediately viewed with less suspicion by
> > the
> > public and cops? This is a disturbing thought.
> >
> > James Coman
> > Compiler, New River CBC, and for some unfathomable reason, known to
> > Audubon
> > as the "Hoary Dipper"
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Carol Williamson <carolw@sandler-recht.com>
> > Organization: Sandler & Recht Communications
> > Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 11:21:39 -0500
> > To: carolinabirdsacpubdukeedu <carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu>
> > Subject: Count precautions
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> > The Nat'l Audubon Society has recommended that we count leaders notify
> > our local police departments about our upcoming counts. When I called
> > Durham Police, Durham Sheriff, and Chatham County Sheriff offices about
> > the Jordan Lake count, it was recommended that people carry some i.d.
> > with them just in case some homeowner or car driver gets alarmed at the
> > sight of folks walking around with binos and scopes and calls the
> > police. I told them that all groups would have printed material related
> > to the count (eg, the checklist), but you may want to carry your drivers
> > licence as well, just in case you have to prove the Audubon connection
> > as opposed to the Taliban connection!
> > Best,
> > Carol
> >