Just for everyone here in PA concerned: Here is the result of
the investigation into this disturbance.
To all concerned I inspected the area this morning with another Officer
from the Natural Resources Police, we walked the area approximately 50
yards going in each direction of the roost site which is in the middle of
this discussion. It is our professional opinion that the cutting in
question was done by BGE and or their contractors. We located apprxoimately
20 fresh trimmings. Allof the trimming apears to have been done with a
chain saw and based on the height of some of the trimming most likely a
pole type pruning saw. All of the selective pruning appears to have been
done to branches/trees which were sticking out into the ccess road which
coud be problematic to getting a bucket truck or similar piece of equipment
into the area for maintenance. At this time we believe that it is
comincidental that the tree near the roost site was impacted.
Thanks to all for the heads up regarding this potential misuse/abuse of
public land.
Corporal Mike Lathroum
Maryland Natural Resources Police
3738 Gwynnbrook Ave
Owings Mills, MD 21117
cell - 443-924-4006
(410)260-8888 24 hour dispatch
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Chris Starling <cstar.email...>wrote:
> Marshal,
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> Thank you for posting this.
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> Having a comprehensive �official� eBird explanation of how some of the
> noted and discussed reporting issues will be mitigated is comforting. I
> hope that it soothes the anxiousness that our community seems to be
> emanating as of late.
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> Your comments, much like others who posted previously, will hopefully
> remind us all that we observe birds out of our love for nature. Birding or
> photographing wildlife is not a contest. To forget this invites behavior
> that may be destructive or harmful to the plants and animals that we love.
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> As I posted last night, birding can be and should be fun -maybe even be
> cordially spirited. There�s nothing necessarily wrong with making a �game�
> out of birding if that�s what you fancy and you do it responsibly. Hell,
> get out there and bird like crazy people (!) -I have an odd appreciation
> certain types of �crazy� people; but, never should we forget that our duty
> to be conscientious stewards of our ecosystem is what we should consider to
> be our most important responsibility when out in the field.
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> Sorry, I got off on a tangent there�
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> Lastly, your comments will hopefully encourage us to be conservation
> diplomats and educators of what should be universally recognized as
> appropriate behavior when viewing, recording, counting, photographing, or
> simply sharing space with any and all types of wildlife.
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> Once again, thanks Marshall!
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> -Chris Starling
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> North East, MD
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