Every once in a while they get a newbie who is trying to prove themselves, I ran into itat Robert Moses a couple of years ago. They are technically correct they just haven't learned to exercise judgement yet.
On Saturday, January 31, 2015, Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> wrote: > To Michael's observation re: Park Police. > > I personally did not have any encounters but many birders did today. > > I have never seen the Park Police this aggressive as I have seen them > today at West End Jones Beach. Some of the reasons some birders were > stopped for bordered on ludicrous. > > For example, one car was pulled over and asked why they crossed the lines > in the West End II parking lot. Say what!?! > > I hope this is not some new trend developing here because it will make > birding from vehicles very difficult. Imagine trying to study Gulls in the > West End II parking lot and having to worry about crossing over lines. > > Cheers, > > 風 Swift as the wind > 林 Quiet as the forest > 火 Conquer like the fire > 山 Steady as the mountain > Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* > <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> > > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > > (") _ (") > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > On Jan 31, 2015, at 4:26 PM, Michael Zito <michaelz...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','michaelz...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > > took a quick trip to we2, a single nicely colored chestnut Lapland > Longspur was seen in the median before the nature center with a group of > horned larks. park police then drove through the flock and dispersed the > birds (and the birders). time was around 4pm > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- Ken Thompson Sayville NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --