Sunday, September 9, 2007
KEEPING WILDLIFE HABITAT SAFE?
Thursday, August 30, 2007
GREAT HORNED OWL
Thursday, July 26, 2007
'WILD' DOGS AND BABY GROUND SQUIRRELS
i talked to 'the old man with the dog' today and he said that some people are allowing their dogs to roam around and catch baby ground squirrels at the peterson field (see photos above and below & click here) the dog in the photo below is just doing what comes naturally, and most of the year ground squirrels are almost impossible for dogs to catch, but during the spring and summer months until around september, fledgling babies come up for some sunshine and can be quite vulnerable -
SEE PHOTOS BELOW:
i found large boulders (photo A &B) dirt (photo C) and what appears to be sand (photo D) covering various ground squirrel burrows that were active as of last week!? (what kind of monsters would do such a thing?) someone else at the field told me that they were 'letting the field die' (!?) to make way for the new farm (?!) i asked the SCUSD maintenance guys what was up with the farm, and they told me they knew nothing about it - what is the difference between poisoning ground squirrels, and starving them to death by denying them of water by turning off the sprinkler system?
the trees that line the peterson field would be a good place to install owl boxes for barn owl introduction (see photo E below) this would provide a form of natural ground squirrel population maintenance other than dogs and SCUSD maintenance people...
SIGN THE PETITION!
ALSO; I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REGISTER WITH THE GREEN PARTY (@ http://www.cagreens.org/register/) TO SEND A MUCH NEEDED ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE - THEN VOTE STRATEGICALLY DEMOCRATIC TO KEEP KEY DEMOCRATIC PLAYERS IN POWER!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
SCUSD COVER-UP - KILL 'EM ALL!?
> 14 jun 2006 - SCUSD COVER-UP - last year at this time there was a burgeoning ground squirrel population in the peterson field just behind the peterson middle school bleachers, but after telling roger barnes of the SCUSD about the wildlife in the field at a public hearing, someone ordered the squirrels to be poisoned and no one has ever been brought to justice for it (15-30 protected animals were illegally poisoned)...the SCUSD failed do a complete environmental impact report (EIR) and instead tried to cover-up the presence of protected wildlife by destroying the evidence of it, and the sunnyvale animal control failed to press charges against the SCUSD etc - this heinous crime will not be forgotten any time soon, and here is the photographic evidence; 1) EXHIBIT A - 2) EXHIBIT B - 3) EXHIBIT C - when i went to peterson high school they had a proud tradition of environmental protection, and it absolutely sickens me to see the state the SCUSD is in at the present time when it comes to this same issue - ground squirrels are almost cuter than bunny rabbits and anyone who harms them is not only a criminal, BUT ALSO A BIG OLD STINKIN' PIECE OF DOG POOP! - related stories: (1) (2) (3) > 17 jun 2006 / BURROWING OWLS - interesting fact: i talked to the long-time maintenance man of the cabana club on friday morning and he said that back in the 1970s there were somewhere between 15-20 burrowing owls who lived just behind the peterson field bleachers...