[Birdnet] Birdnet?

[Akwehl at aol.com]

On 7/8 I reported my second out of 3 seasons Swainson's hawk nesting.   Did I 
use the proper protocol and does everyone on Birdnet get copied?   If not 
tell me how, but if I am reaching all birders I need help.   

Yesterday after 2 mo and 20 days of videotaping I was ejected from this (so 
they say) US govt property as a trespasser.   The timing could not have been 
worse since the 3 chicks were in the process of vacating the nest and tree.   
After last taping all 3 chicks together on 7/17   I had already lost sight and 
track of the first to fly and the second flew to another tree at 9pm last 
night.   Because of my ejection I did not witness this flight.   From the vantage 
of a mere 30 feet I had been forced to move to the east side of I-215 and shoot 
into the setting sun with max zoom.   

This led me to drastic measures.   I went S onto I-215 at 7th N, entered the 
emergency pullout nearest the nest, and camcorder in hand walked the final 300 
feet.   In the 5 to 10 min lost getting here both chicks had left the canopy 
top and the only one I could find was in aforementioned tree 50 feet away.   
Naturally, I was being thoroly harrassed by dive bombing parents the whole 
time.

If anyone knows or has any pull with upper management
at L3 Communications I need help.   Even an email address to someone high up 
on the inside could help.   Or better yet maybe someone already employed there 
is a "birder".

Thanks and I'm off for another "Emergency" stop on I-215. 
With my luck UHP will be the next to roust me.
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