I'm with Scott on this one. Whenever I encounter a raving whacko in a
situation such as described, I just call the cops myself.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA denrockwell at surfbest.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott R" <mryakima at gmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] disturbing occurence at Port Orchard


> That's the kind of reaction one might expect from a methamphetamine
> manufacturer.
>
> Scott R a y
> Yakima
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:01:28 -0700, JEFFREY COHEN <kokobean2 at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Tweeters,
> > I want to warn the birding community of a disturbing occurence that
happened
> > to me at the Old Port Orchard Airport on September 22. I was returning
to
> > Everett from a day of birding the Tokeland area with Keith Lehn of
Pilchuck
> > Audubon. We decided with a few hours of daylight left to come back
through
> > Port Orchard and check for Mountain Quail. The Old Port Orchard Airport
is
> > liasted in Opperman's "A Birder's Guide to Washington" as the best place
to
> > find Mountain Quail in the state. We followed Opperman's directions to
the
> > airport. There had been a recent (about 2 weeks earlier) posting in
Tweeters
> > from someone who had also visited this place. As we pulled into the
place,
> > the only sign was for Northwest Cabinets. Further in were some concrete
> > barriers with "no tresspassing" on them. So we parked away from the
> > barriers, and looked about the area outside the signs for the Quail.
Within
> > about 3 minutes, a large white pickup came! out from behind some
buildings,
> > tires squeeling as he pulled around the corner, then up on the dirt next
to
> > us, dirt spraying as he slammed to a stop about 3 feet from me. After
> > staring at me for about 5 seconds, he jumped out of his truck and
started
> > screaming at us that this was private property and to get the f--- out
> > before he called the f----ing police. Since I had the impression from
the
> > Tweeters emails and Opperman's book that it was alright to bird there,
and
> > that no special permission was needed, I tried to question him in a calm
> > voice what the situation was in regards to being able to bird this spot.
> > This was met with him telling us "to get the f--- out!!" Keith and I
walked
> > back to the car parked near the buildings where I wrote down the names
of 2
> > of the businesses. This time he came strutting over and saying "didn't I
> > tell you to get the f--- out?!!! I'm gonna call the cops!" I asked him
who
> > he was, since the name on his truck was differen! t from the businesses
on
> > the sign. All he would tell me was that he wa s the property manager and
> > that he worked for Ranier Evergreen. At that point we left. Searching in
the
> > phone book and internet I found that the property is owned by Danny and
Ann
> > Schnitzer of the Rainier Capital group. Intending to find out what their
> > policy was on birders I have left 4 messages in the last couple of weeks
at
> > (253)581-6611, but have never recieved an answer. I did manage to
contact a
> > gentleman named Eric at Northwest Cabinets (360) 895-2426 or (360)
876-2380,
> > one of the tennant companies. He was very cordial and understanding and
> > seemed interested in the birds there. He even said if I came back, he
would
> > personnally go out birding with me. He also informed me that the
manager's
> > name was Mike King (the name on the truck). If you want to avoid a rude
> > experience, I strongly suggest you get permission from the
Schnitzers....if
> > you can get ahold of them
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