To All:

I have not spoken up on this, but maybe all birders in the Seattle area should go and point their scopes
at Boeing. Take pictures and post them on the net, not to mention write letters to the newspaper. What is written below
is nothing but paranoia of corporate America worried about their secrets being stolen. This is as bad as folks on a local CBC being stopped by the police for bird watching.

Nothing is more irritating than someone me telling me how to behave with my scope and camera on public land.

Protect your rights...Happy Birding!

Paul Sieracki 208.448.2790

> From: robin_birder at hotmail.com> To: amdipper at hotmail.com; Tweeters at u.washington.edu> Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Slaty-backed Gull continues in Renton - Security Concerns> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:27:03 +0000> CC: > > It is a small world. I got a call yesterday from a friend who is a General > Supervisor at the Renton Boeing plant who indicated that a number of senior > employees had expressed concern at a staff meeting about the number of > people with cameras and "telephoto lenses" and binoculars scanning the plant > from both Gene Coulon Park and the Cedar River mouth. He called me because > many years ago I used to run part of the plant and was also known as "the > bird guy" who would ID birds for people and deal with bird problems in (and > on) the buildings (he knew the people were birders and harmless and asked if > I could alert "the community"). There have also been a number of people > "lost" trying to enter the interior Boeing lots and gates in the last 2-3 > weeks.> > Please use care when birding these spots. Boeing Security is usually very > kind and helpful, but if this becomes a problem the TSA (commercial > airplanes are delivered to customers from the airport), or even Homeland > Security or the FBI could come into the picture.> > Some basics:> > Don't point cameras or spotting scopes (which can appear to be telephotos) > at the buildings.> Don't even consider trying to enter Boeing Property or trespassing at the > airport (this includes someone who tried to walk the rip-rap along the > waterfront last week).> Pay attention to what is going on around you - an ounce of prevention....> Make sure you kindly remind others of this slightly unusual situation.> > I hate this as I feel it is an inappropriate reaction to a harmless > situation - but it is what it is.> > Cheers! and good luck finding the Slaty Backed Gull and Palm Warbler> > Rob Conway> Newcastle and Preston, WA> > robin_birder at hotmail.com> > PS - I got the "bird guy" moniker in 1997 or 1998 when someone opened their > Renton area aviary and such treats as a Hoopoe, Scarlet Ibis (a Peregrine > victim!), and Crowned Cranes suddenly showed up in Renton for about a week > before disappearing or being recaptured.> > > > >From: "Eric Huston" <amdipper at hotmail.com>> >To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu> >Subject: [Tweeters] Slaty-backed Gull continues in Renton> >Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:03:07 -0500> >> >All,> >I observed the Slaty-backed Gull in Renton at about 3 pm today, Jan. 29. > >It was not actually by the water at the rivermouth, but perched on the > >south end of the Boeing factory roof along with a small contingent of > >"Olympic" Gulls. I was able to view it from the first parking area that > >you reach along the road into the park, near the playground.> >NOTE FOR OTHERS PLANNING TO LOOK FOR IT: While viewing the Slaty-backed > >through my scope, I was approached by a man from Boeing Security. He was > >responding to a call about a person with a camera pointed at the building. > >I explained that I did not have a camera, and was only using a spotting > >scope, which does not allow me to record images. He explained that they do > >not allow people to take pictures of the building, but since I did not have > >a camera, he allowed me to continue looking at the bird. So for those of > >you who like to take pictures of rare birds, you may want to keep your > >cameras put away while viewing gulls perched on the building.> >> >Eric Huston> >Olympia> >> >_________________________________________________________________> >Invite your Hotmail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > >Spaces > >http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us> >> >_______________________________________________> >Tweeters mailing list> >Tweeters at u.washington.edu> >http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters> > _________________________________________________________________> Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on your > Live.com page. > http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701> > _______________________________________________> Tweeters mailing list> Tweeters at u.washington.edu> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
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