Just a heads up to birders who frequent Hempstead Lake State Park: I had an encounter today with a somewhat suspicious character. I passed an older gentleman who was coming out of the park when I arrived and left the southernmost lot. He changed direction to follow me through the entire park for more than half an hour. When I paused at the dog walk trail to scan the trees, he went ahead into some bushes and looked back at me from afar. Out of the corner of my eye his hands appeared to be rather busy, but I didn't look too closely. He continued following as I moved along the lake shore, onto the trail through the bushes adjacent to the open field, and back to the lot. When I paused again in the open by the steps he returned to his car and drove off. I can't be entirely sure of what was going on here, but this isn't the first encounter I've had with persistent passersby at Hempstead Lake. I just wanted to remind everyone to keep their wits about them in the field during this migration season. We aren't the only ones out there when the weather is nice!
Cheers! -Tim H -- 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/ --
