Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs and activities are cancelled. For more information, please visit www.doi.gov/shutdown<http://www.doi.gov/shutdown>. Patrick Patrick M. Comins Director of Bird Conservation Audubon Connecticut 185 East Flat Hill Road Southbury, CT 06488 Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 Fax: (203)264-6332 pcomins@audubon.org<mailto:pcomins@audubon.org> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT The Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal-Waterbirds/168520783251234 Our blog: http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/ Friends of Conte is on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O-Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall

I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop us from entering OUR land. ACT UP! Mark On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" <PCOMINS@audubon.org> wrote: > Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs and activities are cancelled. For more information, please visit www.doi.gov/shutdown<http://www.doi.gov/shutdown>. > Patrick > > Patrick M. Comins > Director of Bird Conservation > > Audubon Connecticut > 185 East Flat Hill Road > Southbury, CT 06488 > > Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 > Fax: (203)264-6332 > > pcomins@audubon.org<mailto:pcomins@audubon.org> > http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts > Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT > The Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal-Waterbirds/168520783251234 > Our blog: http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/ > Friends of Conte is on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O-Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

Do like the WWII veterans did in Washington when their Honor Flight took them to see 'their' memorial. They moved the barricades. Carol in Harwinton On 10/1/2013 1:13 PM, Mark Szantyr wrote: > I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop us from entering OUR land. > > ACT UP! > > Mark > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" <PCOMINS@audubon.org> wrote: > >> Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs and activities are cancelled. For more information, please visit www.doi.gov/shutdown<http://www.doi.gov/shutdown>. >> Patrick >> >> Patrick M. Comins >> Director of Bird Conservation >> >> Audubon Connecticut >> 185 East Flat Hill Road >> Southbury, CT 06488 >> >> Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 >> Fax: (203)264-6332 >> >> pcomins@audubon.org<mailto:pcomins@audubon.org> >> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts >> Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT >> The Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal-Waterbirds/168520783251234 >> Our blog: http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/ >> Friends of Conte is on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O-Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. >> For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4142 / Virus Database: 3604/6712 - Release Date: 09/30/13 > >

This whole thing makes me sick. I definately will enter the refuges if I can. Rebels unite! ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Bauby Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:28 pm Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Do like the WWII veterans did in Washington when their Honor > Flight took > them to see 'their' memorial. They moved the barricades. > > Carol in Harwinton > > On 10/1/2013 1:13 PM, Mark Szantyr wrote: > > I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop > us from entering OUR land. > > > > ACT UP! > > > > Mark > > > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" > wrote: > > > >> Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife > Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National > Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife > Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government > shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs > and activities are cancelled. For more information, please > visit www.doi.gov/shutdown. > >> Patrick > >> > >> Patrick M. Comins > >> Director of Bird Conservation > >> > >> Audubon Connecticut > >> 185 East Flat Hill Road > >> Southbury, CT 06488 > >> > >> Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 > >> Fax: (203)264-6332 > >> > >> pcomins@audubon.org > >> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts > >> Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT>> The Audubon Alliance for > Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal- > Waterbirds/168520783251234>> Our blog: > http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/>> Friends of Conte is on > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O- > Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > Connecticut.>> For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> _______________________________________________ > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > Connecticut.> For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2014.0.4142 / Virus Database: 3604/6712 - Release > Date: 09/30/13 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > Connecticut.For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

And dince no FWS cops about, maybe an occupy movement till they get back to work Mark On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:06 PM, lwebbe@optonline.net wrote: > This whole thing makes me sick. I definately will enter the refuges if I can. Rebels unite! > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carol Bauby > Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:28 pm > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > >> Do like the WWII veterans did in Washington when their Honor >> Flight took >> them to see 'their' memorial. They moved the barricades. >> >> Carol in Harwinton >> >> On 10/1/2013 1:13 PM, Mark Szantyr wrote: >>> I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop >> us from entering OUR land. >>> >>> ACT UP! >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" >> wrote: >>> >>>> Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife >> Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National >> Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife >> Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government >> shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs >> and activities are cancelled. For more information, please >> visit www.doi.gov/shutdown. >>>> Patrick >>>> >>>> Patrick M. Comins >>>> Director of Bird Conservation >>>> >>>> Audubon Connecticut >>>> 185 East Flat Hill Road >>>> Southbury, CT 06488 >>>> >>>> Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 >>>> Fax: (203)264-6332 >>>> >>>> pcomins@audubon.org >>>> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts >>>> Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: >> http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT>> The Audubon Alliance for >> Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal- >> Waterbirds/168520783251234>> Our blog: >> http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/>> Friends of Conte is on >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O- >> Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in >> Connecticut.>> For subscription information visit >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> _______________________________________________ >>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in >> Connecticut.> For subscription information visit >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2014.0.4142 / Virus Database: 3604/6712 - Release >> Date: 09/30/13 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in >> Connecticut.For subscription information visit >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

You go, rebels! > From: birdinggeek@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:11:21 -0400 > To: lwebbe@optonline.net > CC: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > And dince no FWS cops about, maybe an occupy movement till they get back to work > > Mark > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:06 PM, lwebbe@optonline.net wrote: > > > This whole thing makes me sick. I definately will enter the refuges if I can. Rebels unite! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Carol Bauby > > Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:28 pm > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > > >> Do like the WWII veterans did in Washington when their Honor > >> Flight took > >> them to see 'their' memorial. They moved the barricades. > >> > >> Carol in Harwinton > >> > >> On 10/1/2013 1:13 PM, Mark Szantyr wrote: > >>> I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop > >> us from entering OUR land. > >>> > >>> ACT UP! > >>> > >>> Mark > >>> > >>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife > >> Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National > >> Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife > >> Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government > >> shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs > >> and activities are cancelled. For more information, please > >> visit www.doi.gov/shutdown. > >>>> Patrick > >>>> > >>>> Patrick M. Comins > >>>> Director of Bird Conservation > >>>> > >>>> Audubon Connecticut > >>>> 185 East Flat Hill Road > >>>> Southbury, CT 06488 > >>>> > >>>> Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 > >>>> Fax: (203)264-6332 > >>>> > >>>> pcomins@audubon.org > >>>> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts > >>>> Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: > >> http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT>> The Audubon Alliance for > >> Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: > >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal- > >> Waterbirds/168520783251234>> Our blog: > >> http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/>> Friends of Conte is on > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O- > >> Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > >> Connecticut.>> For subscription information visit > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> _______________________________________________ > >>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > >> Connecticut.> For subscription information visit > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> > >>> > >>> ----- > >>> No virus found in this message. > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >>> Version: 2014.0.4142 / Virus Database: 3604/6712 - Release > >> Date: 09/30/13 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > >> Connecticut.For subscription information visit > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

Camping at McKinney. I love it! Mark On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Sharon Abner <sharonorganist@hotmail.com> wrote: > You go, rebels! > > > From: birdinggeek@gmail.com > > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:11:21 -0400 > > To: lwebbe@optonline.net > > CC: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > > > And dince no FWS cops about, maybe an occupy movement till they get back to work > > > > Mark > > > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:06 PM, lwebbe@optonline.net wrote: > > > > > This whole thing makes me sick. I definately will enter the refuges if I can. Rebels unite! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Carol Bauby > > > Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:28 pm > > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > > > > >> Do like the WWII veterans did in Washington when their Honor > > >> Flight took > > >> them to see 'their' memorial. They moved the barricades. > > >> > > >> Carol in Harwinton > > >> > > >> On 10/1/2013 1:13 PM, Mark Szantyr wrote: > > >>> I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop > > >> us from entering OUR land. > > >>> > > >>> ACT UP! > > >>> > > >>> Mark > > >>> > > >>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" > > >> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife > > >> Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National > > >> Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife > > >> Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government > > >> shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs > > >> and activities are cancelled. For more information, please > > >> visit www.doi.gov/shutdown. > > >>>> Patrick > > >>>> > > >>>> Patrick M. Comins > > >>>> Director of Bird Conservation > > >>>> > > >>>> Audubon Connecticut > > >>>> 185 East Flat Hill Road > > >>>> Southbury, CT 06488 > > >>>> > > >>>> Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 > > >>>> Fax: (203)264-6332 > > >>>> > > >>>> pcomins@audubon.org > > >>>> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts > > >>>> Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: > > >> http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT>> The Audubon Alliance for > > >> Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: > > >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal- > > >> Waterbirds/168520783251234>> Our blog: > > >> http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/>> Friends of Conte is on > > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O- > > >> Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > >> Connecticut.>> For subscription information visit > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> _______________________________________________ > > >>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > >> Connecticut.> For subscription information visit > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> > > >>> > > >>> ----- > > >>> No virus found in this message. > > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > >>> Version: 2014.0.4142 / Virus Database: 3604/6712 - Release > > >> Date: 09/30/13 > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > >> Connecticut.For subscription information visit > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

Lest I become despised on this board, I'd like to point out (and I have no axes to grind) that many, if not all, of the employees would much rather be working, than not. It's not their choice, and I assume many care about the wildlife refuges they protect, in their varying capacities. Barbara north Stamford ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Szantyr To: Sharon Abner Cc: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed Camping at McKinney. I love it! Mark On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Sharon Abner <sharonorganist@hotmail.com> wrote: > You go, rebels! > > > From: birdinggeek@gmail.com > > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:11:21 -0400 > > To: lwebbe@optonline.net > > CC: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > > > And dince no FWS cops about, maybe an occupy movement till they get back to work > > > > Mark > > > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:06 PM, lwebbe@optonline.net wrote: > > > > > This whole thing makes me sick. I definately will enter the refuges if I can. Rebels unite! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Carol Bauby > > > Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:28 pm > > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > > > > >> Do like the WWII veterans did in Washington when their Honor > > >> Flight took > > >> them to see 'their' memorial. They moved the barricades. > > >> > > >> Carol in Harwinton > > >> > > >> On 10/1/2013 1:13 PM, Mark Szantyr wrote: > > >>> I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop > > >> us from entering OUR land. > > >>> > > >>> ACT UP! > > >>> > > >>> Mark > > >>> > > >>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" > > >> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife > > >> Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National > > >> Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife > > >> Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government > > >> shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs > > >> and activities are cancelled. For more information, please > > >> visit www.doi.gov/shutdown. > > >>>> Patrick > > >>>> > > >>>> Patrick M. Comins > > >>>> Director of Bird Conservation > > >>>> > > >>>> Audubon Connecticut > > >>>> 185 East Flat Hill Road > > >>>> Southbury, CT 06488 > > >>>> > > >>>> Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 > > >>>> Fax: (203)264-6332 > > >>>> > > >>>> pcomins@audubon.org > > >>>> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts > > >>>> Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: > > >> http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT>> The Audubon Alliance for > > >> Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: > > >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal- > > >> Waterbirds/168520783251234>> Our blog: > > >> http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/>> Friends of Conte is on > > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O- > > >> Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > >> Connecticut.>> For subscription information visit > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> _______________________________________________ > > >>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > >> Connecticut.> For subscription information visit > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> > > >>> > > >>> ----- > > >>> No virus found in this message. > > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > >>> Version: 2014.0.4142 / Virus Database: 3604/6712 - Release > > >> Date: 09/30/13 > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > >> Connecticut.For subscription information visit > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. 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I am sure they would. That is not the question. The question is why assinine behavior of our elected officials should keep anyone out of land that is owned by we the people. If they want to have a tantrum.... So be it. We should put them all in time-out and just go about our business. They are the problem. Not the solution. Mark On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Barbara Garrett <barbaragarrett@optonline.net> wrote: > Lest I become despised on this board, I'd like to point out (and I have no axes to grind) that many, if not all, of the employees would much rather be working, than not. It's not their choice, and I assume many care about the wildlife refuges they protect, in their varying capacities. > > Barbara > north Stamford > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Szantyr > To: Sharon Abner > Cc: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:18 PM > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > Camping at McKinney. I love it! > > Mark > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Sharon Abner <sharonorganist@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > You go, rebels! > > > > > From: birdinggeek@gmail.com > > > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:11:21 -0400 > > > To: lwebbe@optonline.net > > > CC: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > > > > > And dince no FWS cops about, maybe an occupy movement till they get back to work > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:06 PM, lwebbe@optonline.net wrote: > > > > > > > This whole thing makes me sick. I definately will enter the refuges if I can. Rebels unite! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Carol Bauby > > > > Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:28 pm > > > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > > > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > > > > > > >> Do like the WWII veterans did in Washington when their Honor > > > >> Flight took > > > >> them to see 'their' memorial. They moved the barricades. > > > >> > > > >> Carol in Harwinton > > > >> > > > >> On 10/1/2013 1:13 PM, Mark Szantyr wrote: > > > >>> I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop > > > >> us from entering OUR land. > > > >>> > > > >>> ACT UP! > > > >>> > > > >>> Mark > > > >>> > > > >>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" > > > >> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife > > > >> Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National > > > >> Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife > > > >> Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government > > > >> shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs > > > >> and activities are cancelled. For more information, please > > > >> visit www.doi.gov/shutdown. > > > >>>> Patrick > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Patrick M. Comins > > > >>>> Director of Bird Conservation > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Audubon Connecticut > > > >>>> 185 East Flat Hill Road > > > >>>> Southbury, CT 06488 > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 > > > >>>> Fax: (203)264-6332 > > > >>>> > > > >>>> pcomins@audubon.org > > > >>>> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts > > > >>>> Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: > > > >> http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT>> The Audubon Alliance for > > > >> Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: > > > >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal- > > > >> Waterbirds/168520783251234>> Our blog: > > > >> http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/>> Friends of Conte is on > > > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O- > > > >> Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall > > > >>>> > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > > >> Connecticut.>> For subscription information visit > > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> _______________________________________________ > > > >>> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > > >> Connecticut.> For subscription information visit > > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org> > > > >>> > > > >>> ----- > > > >>> No virus found in this message. > > > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > >>> Version: 2014.0.4142 / Virus Database: 3604/6712 - Release > > > >> Date: 09/30/13 > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological > > > >> Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in > > > >> Connecticut.For subscription information visit > > > >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

FYI, what I heard is that the law enforcement arm of the USF&WS is NOT part of the shutdown.  It wouldn't surprise me to find that the situation leaves them with more time than usual to patrol, nor would I be surprised if their patience was a bit limited under the circumstances.  But everyone can make up their own minds. Roy Harvey Beacon Falls, CT __________________ From: Mark Szantyr <birdinggeek@gmail.com> To: Sharon Abner <sharonorganist@hotmail.com> Cc: "ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed Camping at McKinney. I love it! Mark On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Sharon Abner <sharonorganist@hotmail.com> wrote: > You go, rebels! > > > From: birdinggeek@gmail.com > > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:11:21 -0400 > > To: lwebbe@optonline.net > > CC: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > > > And dince no FWS cops about, maybe an occupy movement till they get back to work > > > > Mark > > > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:06 PM, lwebbe@optonline.net wrote: > > > > > This whole thing makes me sick. I definately will enter the refuges if I can. Rebels unite! > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Carol Bauby > > > Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:28 pm > > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] All Refuges Closed > > > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > > > > > >> Do like the WWII veterans did in Washington when their Honor > > >> Flight took > > >> them to see 'their' memorial. They moved the barricades. > > >> > > >> Carol in Harwinton > > >> > > >> On 10/1/2013 1:13 PM, Mark Szantyr wrote: > > >>> I don't think we should let a beaurocratic pissing match stop > > >> us from entering OUR land. > > >>> > > >>> ACT UP! > > >>> > > >>> Mark > > >>> > > >>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Comins, Patrick" > > >> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife > > >> Service lands, including the Stewart B. McKinney National > > >> Wildlife Refuge and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife > > >> Refuge, are closed for the duration of the federal government > > >> shutdown. All lands and facilities are closed and all programs > > >> and activities are cancelled. For more information, please > > >> visit www.doi.gov/shutdown. > > >>>> Patrick > > >>>> > > >>>> Patrick M. Comins > > >>>> Director of Bird Conservation > > >>>> > > >>>> Audubon Connecticut > > >>>> 185 East Flat Hill Road > > >>>> Southbury, CT 06488 > > >>>> > > >>>> Phone: (203)264-5098 x308 > > >>>> Fax: (203)264-6332 > > >>>> > > >>>> pcomins@audubon.org > > >>>> http://ct.audubon.org/conservation-efforts > > >>>> Audubon Connecticut is on Facebook: > > >> http://www.facebook.com/AudubonCT>> The Audubon Alliance for > > >> Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook: > > >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Audubon-Alliance-for-Coastal- > > >> Waterbirds/168520783251234>> Our blog: > > >> http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/>> Friends of Conte is on > > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Silvio-O- > > >> Conte-National-Fish-and-Wildlife-Refuge/121976791147545?v=wall > > >>>>