A birder was raped in Central Park today in broad daylight.
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. 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 and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
Your blog post on the Central Park rape brought this to my attention… got me thinking,.. and now has led to a very interesting discussion out here in California about birding and personal safety, especially for women.
You can read our blog post about it at http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/blog-posts/birding-and-personal-safety/
Thanks for starting the ball rolling!