[EBB Sightings] Disclosing raptor nests

I don't think this is a problem with the Sibley Golden Eagle nest, whose location is well-known and under constant public surveillance. With any raptor nest in an obscure location, though, there is always a danger from falconers, some of whom are less scrupulous than off-road mountain bikers, ATV users or methamphetamine manufacturers, and will destroy an entire nest just to steal a single fledgling.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dominik Mosur 
>Sent: Apr 6, 2009 8:05 PM
>To: Bruce Mast , Sarah Dandridge 
>Cc: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
>Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Disclosing raptor nests
>I'm not sure how you guys do it over at EBB Sightings but many of the dozen or more lists I subscribe to seem to have an unwritten rule about not disclosing the EXACT location of raptor nests in public.
>We recently had a exchange about this on SFbirds with one local birder voicing opposition to people publicly disclosing the location of a GHOW nest. It may be better to share such info through private emails.
>Just a thought.
>Dominik Mosur
>San Francisco
>--- On Mon, 4/6/09, Sarah Dandridge  wrote:
>> From: Sarah Dandridge 
>> Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] update on Sibley Golden Eagle nest
>> To: "Bruce Mast" 
>> Cc: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
>> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 4:35 PM
>> Where is the nest exactly or a good viewing spot? Also,
>> location of pygmy nuthatches????
>> 
>> Seen late yesterday  at  Sibley (5:30 pm): 2 kestrels, a small
>> flock of golden crowns, Anna's hummers (3), hairy
>> woodpecker.
>> 
>> Sarah Dandridge
>> On Apr 6, 2009, at 6:48 AM, Bruce Mast wrote:
>> 
>> > Yesterday afternoon, (Sunday, 4/5), I watched 1 or
>> more Golden Eagles fly
>> > off the nest and fly into it a few minutes later. Once
>> at the nest, the bird
>> > remained quiet and invisible from the trail. A Golden
>> was also pretty
>> > conspicuous in the area, soaring and roosting on a
>> radio tower.
>> > 
>> > Other highlight was singing Rufous-crowned Sparrow
>> along the rim above the
>> > Quarry.
>> > 
>> > Bruce Mast
>> > Oakland
>> > 
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