Hi,

Hopefully what I was told last weekend might solve the "shooting" mystery.
I was wondering why the geese have been absent from the GRNRC....
I talked to a Kent City worker at the Ponds who explained why there weren't
any geese in the area. There has been a lot of planting of native shrubs,
and the geese LOVE to eat the fresh new plants. So the folks who run the
area have been "hazing" the geese - chasing them away with dogs, and maybe
loud noises with blanks fired from guns. Let's hope that's the case.

Lydia In Kent
lgaebe at msn.com
Lydia Gaebe

----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn & Carol Schulz <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
To: Matt Knox <matt.knox at gte.net>; Tweets <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; Roger
Orness <Roger.Orness at PSS.Boeing.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 5:44 PM
Subject: Gunshots At Kent Ponds This Afternoon


> 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
>
>