Hello Tweeters:
A "hunter" was observed shooting a handgun late this afternoon in the Green
River Natural Resources Area (Kent Ponds) right in the heart of the Kent
industrial area. Sheesh, can't we escape these guys right in our own
backyards?
What the shooter didn't count on was that there would be a birdwatcher
watching him. The rain had cleared and visibility was good.
Tom Rohrer is a birder who lives in Renton and was at GRNRA for his first
visit to the ponds. The rain had cleared and visibility was good. Tom was
in one of the viewing stands, and he observed the hunter who was shooting
from over near the Animal Shelter. Tom got out his scope and saw the man
and maybe his car. He wrote down the licence number, and drove to a store
and called the Kent police. That was about 3:45 PM. I was up on the grassy
knoll across from the Web Press building sometime later, and Tom came up to
look at birds w/ me. He introduced himself and told me about the "hunting"
and at 4:25 we heard another shot, that also from over near where the road
comes into the ponds from the Animal Shelter. I quickly drove down to the
animal shelter, thinking I'd place another call to the police and watch for
a car coming out, but the gate was locked. It was getting dark, and the
rain was really starting to come down. With the gate locked, it's a bit of
a mystery about who was in there.
Needless to say, the ducks and geese were really flying this evening at Kent
Ponds.
Carol Schulz
DesMoines
linusq at worldnet.att.net