Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Ted Floyd
Glenn, we're trying to get the community college woods in Lamar, Prowers County, designated a sanctuary hotspot, but so far to no avail. See for yourself:

[cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Ben S
Surprisingly, although I am a 17 year old, I have never been questioned in this manner. Ben Sampson Centennial, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Karl Stecher Jr.
an...@aol.com Cc: "Cobirds" <cobirds@googlegroups.com>, otowi33...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county I just read the ABA has implemented 'sanctuary hot spots', where birders can bird freely without fear of intimidation, deporta

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Glenn Walbek, Castle Rock, CO
Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Diana Beatty <otowi33.33@gmail.com> Cc: Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sat, Apr 1, 2017 11:12 am Subject: Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county That is funny, but as a

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Beth Payne
Diana all of us that have birded with you know you are of no threat and I personally would stand strong against anyone that thinks differently. I normally do not post here. On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Diana Beatty wrote: > That is funny, but as a Muslim birder this

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread 'Norm Lewis' via Colorado Birds
cobirds@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sat, Apr 1, 2017 11:12 am Subject: Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county That is funny, but as a Muslim birder this stuff is not much of a joke to me. I am afraid to go on any birding expeditions out of the country right now,

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Diana Beatty
That is funny, but as a Muslim birder this stuff is not much of a joke to me. I am afraid to go on any birding expeditions out of the country right now, or to even try to get on a plane to go somewhere in this country. I was harassed and followed by security once for birding at the Xeriscape

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Ira Sanders
April Fools!!! On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Joe Roller wrote: > I was curious about the extra vigilance you have described, so I > researched the issue on line. > > It turns out that there was a recent Interpol bulletin about the threats > and

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Joe Roller
I was curious about the extra vigilance you have described, so I researched the issue on line. It turns out that there was a recent Interpol bulletin about the threats and damage to reservoirs, especially in parts of Great Britain and Germany. Terrorists have been posing as birders in order to

[cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Susan Rosine
There is an area where signs are posted No Stopping or Parking (something like that), but I've always pulled over every where else along that road. I wouldn't worry about it. She must be new. They know birders are always on that road. Susan Rosine Thornton -- You received this message because

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-04-01 Thread Ira Sanders
I had a rent a cop try that with me at Marston. He was inside the fence and I was outside. He got as far with me as the rent a cop did with Norm at DIA. I almost pleaded with him to call the cops. I promised I would wait right there. Imagine that when no cops showed up. Ira Sanders Golden On

Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-03-31 Thread 'Migrant' via Colorado Birds
I was the other birder that the stupendously self-important "officer" (or whatever she was- a wannabe of some sort) attempted to chase off. I chose not to be chased. When she said, "you need to move along" (with sort of the same intonation one would use on a ten-year-old potential miscreant,

[cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

2017-03-31 Thread Johnson, Candice E., MD.
Today at 10 am my husband and I got out of our car on 96th Avenue near DIA and briefly saw 2 Burrowing Owls. We used our spotting scope & we noticed a couple of oil company trucks not too far away from the burrows. We drove on & returned about 20 minutes later. At the same spot was a HSS