Upstate New Yorker Shoots Protected Birds

By Corey • July 18, 2010 • 6 comments

Mark Wagner, 48, of Jonesville, New York, has been charged with three violations for taking protected wildlife, taking protected birds, and hunting without a license, after he snuck onto a golf course that neighbors his property and shot an egret (considering where this happened it was most likely a Great Egret). He also acknowledged shooting a Great Blue Heron on 4 July.

Why did he shoot the birds? He thought it was the best way to protect his koi pond…

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Corey

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

6 Responses to “Upstate New Yorker Shoots Protected Birds”

molly Jul 18th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
what kind of excuse is that!
Matt D Jul 18th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
humans #1
Dave Jul 19th, 2010 at 1:55 am
Is it OK to shoot him?
tee are Jul 19th, 2010 at 3:30 am
horrible.. totally horrible.. somebody should do something..
Jochen Jul 19th, 2010 at 3:34 am
Oh, but the kois had to be protected, right? Oh certainly, I fully understand, it was self-defense.
Yeah, absolutely.
John Jul 19th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I’m not quite sure what to think. Is he was just protecting his kios, but I think I left his side when I figured out he shot the bird. It’s nature and the bird can’t help it. There is also the chance that the egret would not really do anything. I don’t think it was worth breaking three violations.