[EBB Sightings] Disclosing raptor nests

There are paths worn under the current nest from the numbers of people
who have gone up to see it.  There was someone last year seen throwing
a frisbee at the nest.  They were in the process of nest building 2
years ago and stopped.

There is a policy of not revealing sensitive nests.  Go to the Mt
Diablo website and look under Birding Ethics.


On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Tom Condit  wrote:
> 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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