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Subject: [cobirds] No bird seed allowed at BCLP? No fair! How dare they!
COMMENT.
I can see the parks side on this. Feeding wildlife can cause an imbalance in
the ecosystem. The problem with bird seed is that not only birds eat it.
Rodents especially love it. A few years ago I saw a gigantic
I can see the parks side on this. Feeding wildlife can cause an imbalance in
the ecosystem. The problem with bird seed is that not only birds eat it.
Rodents especially love it. A few years ago I saw a gigantic rat in BCLP! OK,
so we're attracting rodents. Now think of what animals eat rodents?
As a veteran of non-violent civil disobedience with a short record of arrests
for peace and justice efforts to prove it, I encourage folks to be respectful
and also follow their nose for common sense (and unusual birds). Free the
birdseed! Long live the brambling, and anyone else who wants
Alternatively, it would be a big win for the birding community if we could
get the park to reverse the new 'no seed' policy. Do we even know why they
put the sign up?? If it's a matter of observers breaking park rules, we can
help make sure those rules get enforced (yes, even for nuns). If it's a
Dismayed at the officiousness of the Bear Creek Lake Park rangers, I worked
up my indignation and managed to find a "work-around."
After many phone-calls and emails, I established contact with the three
nuns (Sister Anne Marie, Sister Elizabeth and Sister Bernadette) who
visited the Park the other
