After Attracting Birders, Rare
Hawk Owl Killed Near Okanogan
by
Rich Landers
January
16, 2016
Other
birders who had brought the bird to his attention had mentioned to him that the
property owner did not want anyone taking photos of anything on his property.
[…]
The
Schrevens were among the steady stream of birders that visited the area. They
saw the bird alive about 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 9. A Man came out of a home along
the road and appeared to be writing down their license number as they drove
away, Sandy Schreven said.
[…]
A
blue pickup was in the road as they drove past and the man appeared to be
writing down their license plate number, she said.
While
they were having lunch by the river a half mile away, Herman Schreven said he
heard a gunshot, but he didn’t think much of it.
When
the couple returned to the site about 2 p.m., they found the bird hanging dead
from a tree,
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A Rare Owl Turned Up Dead—Are Birders To Blame?
A Rare Owl Turned Up Dead—Are Birders To Blame?
by
Becca Cudmore
January
22, 2016
But as the visitors gathered throughout the week—some even
checking in from Oregon—a nearby resident grew
increasingly annoyed, telling them that scopes and binoculars were “okay,” but
that they couldn't take photos of his property. On January 9,
birders noticed that the neighbor had posted a sign: “No photos allowed.” Later
that day, the owl was photographed hanging dead by one foot from a tree branch.
Presumably, it had been shot. The case is currently under investigation by
the Colville Native American Tribe, which owns the land.
The
answer to the question,
“are birders to blame? is no, birders
are not to blame. The person who killed the owl is to blame.
The
birders were not on the person’s property, it’s probably been too cool and
cloudy for naked sun bathing or skinny dipping; so was the perpetrator already
some kind of a pervert with some disgusting secret to hide, was this person one
of America’s most wanted, did the perpetrator not want others to see an ugly
spouse, was it a fear of losing land, was it resentment and hatred for a
certain race of people? I’d really like to know.
Notwithstanding,
personal moral values forbid me from stating how I really, really feel about the person who
did this:
Photo by Christy Nielsen
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