MD Osprey ... FYI ... a forward from Steve Huy. Phil

>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Frederick Eurasian Collared-Dove directions and logistics.
>Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:45:01 -0400
>From: "Huy, Steve" <>
>To: <>
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>Phil,
>
>For some reason I can't seem to post to MDOSPREY and was hoping you
>could pass this along as you see fit:
>
>While this isn't too bad an area for looking for the dove, the 340/Mt.
>Zion interchange always attracts a lot of police attention. I think
>illegal activity in (prostitution and drugs), and break-ins of, the
>vehicles often parked there. Be careful and be sure to stay off the
>road.
>
>I road-trap for hawks here regularly and the local residents do not like
>bird watchers (I think stuck behind them too many times on nearby Cap
>Stein Road). They would see me, and come rushing out in their trucks to
>chase me off. They never had a problem with me when they found out I
>wasn't bird watching (that gets overlooked, particularly if I have a
>hawk in hand, when they learn what I am doing), just didn't want someone
>blocking the roads and staring at their houses with bins. These people
>are all too familiar with the snowy owl and lapwing incidents, with
>either friends or family in those areas, and they don't want that
>happening in their neighborhood.
>
>Important for birders to police themselves for that one idiot who is
>sure to go driving into someone's yard after the dove. (but will this
>one even bring much of a crowd?)
>
>Hope all is well.
>
>steve

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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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