Chris Cooper is one of the enthusiastic birders who appeared in the documentary, "Birders, the Central Park Effect." And this woman has now been banned from Central Park, in addition to losing her job and her dog. I'm don't know why she wasn't arrested for the false (and racist) reporting.

On a couple of occasions David and I laid over in NYC, once during spring migration, and once in the fall. Birding in Central Park was such a highlight. Everyone was friendly and helpful, walking us to "where the owl is." and sharing excitement over the many warblers. I laugh when I think of the NY local who hugged me after I pointed out a Wilson's Warbler. I highly recommend this amazing place, and it's not likely that you'll run into such an awful person.
Penny Koyama, Bothell

From: Nadine Drisseq
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 5:49 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] NY Birder threatened by dog-walker

In case some of you have not heard this news...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/central-park-karen-white-woman-calls-cops-black-man-leash-dog/

Thankfully for the birder, it all turned out OK. The woman was later fired from her job as a VP at Franklin-Templeton, and also had to give up her dog to the rescue. IMO, the birder did a spankingly-admirable job remaining calm and in control.


Plus, this older article throws some light on perhaps why this demographic is under-represented in our community:

https://orionmagazine.org/article/9-rules-for-the-black-birdwatcher/?fbclid=IwAR1Yjv5AV26eEBY5E64IoaWabhLRIwp5D0SpHKiKgy9M_JeN41jhl31dxeU

Nadine
Issaquah-Renton


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