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Posted by scaupus on 23:20:53 12/17/11
I was jogging with my dog along an FPL easement, I saw a cage with a bird in it hung from a tree. It was about 10 yards off the "road". As I turned off the road to approach it, I heard a whistle. A man across the canal, about 50-60 yards away, sitting on the back deck of a house, was using his hands to indicate to me not to approach it, that it was his. I moved closer to him, within 40 yards or so, and asked him if it was a painted bunting. He asked me what that name was, and he was speaking either in Spanish, or with a thick accent, i can't remember which. I repeated it, and he slowly repeated it back like it was a new name for him. Then, I turned and walked close to the cage and could see it was a f. pb. I then turned back and called out to him that he was committing a felony and to remove it. I was a bit stern in my address now, and in return he was now looking hard at me. Then I realized, all of a sudden, there was an entrance to the easement only about 100 yards from each of us. I had been heading to an entrance about a half mile away which was the one I had used to get onto the easement. So, I picked up my pace...a lot...and ran back. I took a good look around when I emerged onto the street. There was a car that stopped as I came out. I watched it, and a black woman exited it. She was the only one outside on the street. I gave her a friendly wave as I ran by with my beagle. There's more, but that's all I can write.
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