hi ... FWIW ... according to Fish & Wildlife -
standing in the sunroof DOES violate the "spirit"
of the "stay in your car" ... here's the paragraph from their website ... Lyn


>Seasonal Stay In Your Car Requirement - From
>October 1 to May 1, visitors to the Auto Tour
>Route are required to stay in their car other
>than at the entrance parking lot and observation
>blind parking lot. If all visitors respect this
>rule, wildlife disturbance will be reduced
>affording everyone a better wildlife viewing
>opportunity. Logic and safety should dictate
>appropriate behaviors! Standing on pick-up
>running boards, sitting in an open hatchback or
>trunk, standing in the back of pick-ups, using
>open car window as seats, wildlife viewing
>through open car doors, sitting on the roof, and
>standing in the sunroof all violate the spirit
>of the 'stay in your car' requirement! As a
>matter of safety, behaviors inappropriate for
>other public roads (e.g. driving with the doors
>open) are equally inappropriate for Refuge roads.





At 12:31 PM 1/27/2014, Wilson Cady wrote:
>Photographing birds at the Ridgefield NWR from a
>vehicle with a sun/moon roof does not violate
>the rule on staying in your vehicle.
>
>
>Wilson Cady
>Columbia River Gorge, WA
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: Hal Michael <ucd880 at comcast.net>
>To: A & S Hill <60stops2home at kalama.com>
>Cc: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Bad [human] behavior at
>Ridgefield NWR and some beautiful birds
>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:25:45 +0000 (UTC)
>
>Just for clarification. How is opening up the
>sun/moon roof, standing, and taking pictures
>different from rolling down the window and
>sticking the camera/binos out the window?
>
>Hal Michael
>Olympia WA
>360-459-4005 (H)
>360-791-7702 (C)
>ucd880 at comcast.net
>
>
>----------
>From: "A & S Hill" <60stops2home at kalama.com>
>To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:46:38 PM
>Subject: [Tweeters] Bad [human] behavior at
>Ridgefield NWR and some beautiful birds
>
>Sunday (today), we took advantage of our last
>?free? day (before the house painters come) to
>try out our new spotting scope. Paradise Point
>State Park off Exit 16 I-5 S was our first stop,
>only because we?ve never been there. It was a
>short trip. I did get to see some Golden-Crowned
>Kinglets ?up close? with the scope, though. Very nice.
>
>
>
>Next, we stopped in the City of Ridgefield and
>parked near the Public Works on Division Street.
>I was too busy marveling at the birds through
>the scope to take photos. We saw all the usual
>ducks, geese, herons, cranes and coots. There
>was such a cacophony of Red-winged Blackbirds
>going on that I felt the need to record a bit of
>their overlapping (and overwhelming) songs. It was just heavenly.
>
>
>
>As we walked along the path back toward the car,
>a lone European Starling high up on a wire
>decided to mark the occasion by adding a wet
>spot to the tripod I had slung over my shoulder.
>Luckily the splash only hit my fingers and not my face or the new scope. Ha!
>
>
>
>The final stop was the auto tour of the River S
>Unit at Ridgefield NWR. The beautiful weather
>brought out many visitors, three of whom could
>not seem to understand the concept of Staying in
>Their Vehicles. Pictures of the offenders ? with
>license plates ? can be seen here:
><http://flic.kr/s/aHsjRivuxo>http://flic.kr/s/aHsjRivuxo
>
>
>
>My husband was lucky enough to see an American
>Bittern up close, among other gorgeous birds. A
>Great Egret had blood all over its beak from a
>recent kill. Here?s a link to his flickr
>photostream: <http://flic.kr/ps/zMtT9>http://flic.kr/ps/zMtT9
>
>
>
>I got a few ?lucky shots? myself. Hooded
>Mergansers and the Bald Eagle pair were
>highlights for us. Some are posted on my flickr
>photostream:
><http://flic.kr/p/jwUJUH>http://flic.kr/p/jwUJUH
> This link is for the Merganser photo.
>
>
>
>It was a perfect way to end our weekend!
>
>
>
>
>
>Amy Hill
>
>Kalama, Washington
>
>628 feet up in Cowlitz County
>
>60stops 2 home at kalama dot com
>
>Artlessfun at yahoo dot com
>
>
>
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Lyn Topinka
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