There is no open season on idiots, so he must have been poaching idiots.
Seriously though, he was most assuredly a bow hunter and will have as little or
less disturbance to the birds than the birders do, and his license fees help
pay for the management site that is available for all the public
It back. or maybe it never left. The White Ibis was well observed near
the tree top at the egret roost from 6:10 to 6:15, then it dropped down into
the thickets. Unfortunately an idiot hunter walked in to set up his tree
stand about 30 yards west of the egret roost.
Bill Watson
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Thirteen birders was a lucky number this evening, as the juvenile White Ibis
came into the egret roost site between 6:45 and 7:00 p.m. Through Jim
Pawlicki, I learned that the Ibis was also seen feeding earlier today (a
first, apparently), on the east side of Wood Marsh. I am not sure but I
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Thirteen birders was a lucky number this evening, as the juvenile White Ibis
came into the egret roost site between 6:45 and 7:00 p.m. Through Jim
Pawlicki, I learned that the Ibis was also seen feeding earlier today (a
first, apparently), on the east side of Wood Marsh. I am not sure but I
Fourth sentence down should actually read:
>From there walk the dike separating "Wood Marsh East" and "Hunt Club
Marsh" north about 3/4 mile to the first intersection and then continue EAST
(right) about 1/4 mile--the actual roost location is on the south side of the
dike (actually named
After listening to Dave Sugg's message on the BOS one-call around 6 pm
this evening (Thurs, Sept. 24), I met up with Dave Wheeler and we were able to
make it to the Tonawanda WMA in time to watch the juvenile WHITE IBIS
roosting amongst the 80-100 Great Egrets. As noted in the WNY
After listening to Dave Sugg's message on the BOS one-call around 6 pm
this evening (Thurs, Sept. 24), I met up with Dave Wheeler and we were able to
make it to the Tonawanda WMA in time to watch the juvenile WHITE IBIS
roosting amongst the 80-100 Great Egrets. As noted in the WNY
Fourth sentence down should actually read:
From there walk the dike separating Wood Marsh East and Hunt Club
Marsh north about 3/4 mile to the first intersection and then continue EAST
(right) about 1/4 mile--the actual roost location is on the south side of the
dike (actually named
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