Mr. Griffin in his letter, stated part of Mayor Tim Lattimore's legacy would be that he chased the crows out of Auburn. Actually he chased them for the last three years.
Apparently the crows didn't give up their winter lodgings. I, as did many, had hoped that crow eco-tourism would have been given a chance. But that didn't happen and the following facts will allow the citizens of Auburn to decide if the ideas were given a fair chance.
€ When we had our first crow wildlife watch, which was well attended by locals and people from out of town and state, neither the mayor or council came, though they were personally invited.
€ When we asked to let our committee meet with Richard Chipman from the USDA to designate a safe area for the crows to be left alone in, and there are those areas that are not problematic- we were not allowed to, nor were we allowed to say anything at the council meeting when Mr. Chipman was giving his hazing presentation.
€ When we were planning our next year's November watch,( because it was announced in the paper that the hazing wouldn't be until February), the mayor, unannounced, ordered the crows hazed out at the end of October, even though he knew of our plans.
€ Our committee, Citizens Respectful Of Wildlife, told the city manager that we knew of a good place for the crows to roost along the Owasco River where they were beginning to congregate, either because of the hazings or because of their intelligence, and crow biologist Dr. Anne Clark had sent a letter to the administration saying she would work on attracting them with lights, the hazing crew was sent to dispatch them.
The above reasons, along with facts presented by us about the interest nationally in the Auburn crows fell on deaf ears. Now everyone seems to be playing a game of where to haze the crows out of next. Maybe one of these cities to which our crows have been flying will wake up and let the crows rest for the winter and be the benefactor of a crow phenomena celebration. Now that would be a great legacy for a town.
Rita Sarnicola
Auburn
Sarnicola is a member of Citizens
Respectful Of Wildlife (CROW)
€ When we had our first crow wildlife watch, which was well attended by locals and people from out of town and state, neither the mayor or council came, though they were personally invited.
€ When we asked to let our committee meet with Richard Chipman from the USDA to designate a safe area for the crows to be left alone in, and there are those areas that are not problematic- we were not allowed to, nor were we allowed to say anything at the council meeting when Mr. Chipman was giving his hazing presentation.
€ When we were planning our next year's November watch,( because it was announced in the paper that the hazing wouldn't be until February), the mayor, unannounced, ordered the crows hazed out at the end of October, even though he knew of our plans.
€ Our committee, Citizens Respectful Of Wildlife, told the city manager that we knew of a good place for the crows to roost along the Owasco River where they were beginning to congregate, either because of the hazings or because of their intelligence, and crow biologist Dr. Anne Clark had sent a letter to the administration saying she would work on attracting them with lights, the hazing crew was sent to dispatch them.
The above reasons, along with facts presented by us about the interest nationally in the Auburn crows fell on deaf ears. Now everyone seems to be playing a game of where to haze the crows out of next. Maybe one of these cities to which our crows have been flying will wake up and let the crows rest for the winter and be the benefactor of a crow phenomena celebration. Now that would be a great legacy for a town.
Rita Sarnicola
Auburn
Sarnicola is a member of Citizens
Respectful Of Wildlife (CROW)
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