This file shot by Pacific Northwest bird photographer Pete Bangayan shows birders wearing camouflage, similar to the ones who caused alarm in Gorham. (COURTESY PHOTO)
This file shot by Pacific Northwest bird photographer Pete Bangayan shows birders wearing camouflage, similar to the ones who caused alarm in Gorham. (COURTESY PHOTO)
GORHAM — When out-of-town bird-watching enthusiasts dressed in camouflage and carrying long-lens cameras drove into town on Sunday to see flocks of Bohemian waxwings eating crab apples, at least one local resident suspected them of being domestic terrorists.
The New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Jan. 4, which was reposted by a member of the NHBirds Google Groups page (not Govatski), mentioned a sighting of Bohemian waxwings in Gorham.
How stupid do you have to be to mistake birders for terrorists? Or does the sight of camouflage disturb the sensitivities of this resident? Probably an anti-hunter as well.
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There’s a whole mess of them there “terrorists” at the Walmart! Shut it down and lock ‘em up!!!
How stupid do you have to be to mistake birders for terrorists? Or does the sight of camouflage disturb the sensitivities of this resident? Probably an anti-hunter as well.
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