7:00PM Wednesday March 22, 2006: Sorry I was unable to update the site while I was at the nest... The DEP Law Enforcement arrived at the building and gave them a warning. The officer was very nice and caring unlike the people at US Fish & Wildlife which we dealt with in December 2004. The officer told me the building gave the following excuses: 1. The manager claimed to be new and did not know that there was a nest there. 2. The new building superintendent knew of the nest but said he did not see the hawks around for two to three months so he assumed they had left. 3. The super told the DEP officer that they clean the windows routinely throughout the year and never had a problem before. 8:45AM Wed March 22, 2006: Just received a call from Frederic who is watching the nest site from Fifth Ave: The building has workmen on the roof that just threw ropes over the roof right in front of Pale Male's nest! They are attempting to put scaffolding up again... I'm calling Fish & Wildlife: (202) 208-3809 NYC DEP - (212)639-9675 NYC DEP law enforcement - (718) 482-4922 DEC Police - Officer Willson (718) 482-4885 Please help me call some of these numbers until they send law enforcement to the nest site Information I received so far: 8:45AM: report that workmen cast ropes over the roof directly in front of the nest. Lola began crying out. 8:47AM - Pale is attempting to land on the nest and is very upset. 9:00AM - Frederic convinces the workmen to withdraw the ropes and they are waiting on the roof. 10:44AM – Contacted DEP police who called the building. The building claimed that they were doing routine window washing. They claimed that they do this several times during the year. They promised the DEP that they would postpone the work until August. 10:56 – DEP Law Enforcement is at 927 Fifth Ave. 11:04 – Lester Mance, of Brown Harris Stevens (212) 508-7407 also (914) 443-1153 the manager for 927 Fifth Avenue. I left four messages with his secretary for him to call me to explain what happened today. Please call him and demand an explanation for what happened today. 11:10AM - Lester Mance called me back finally very upset and told me he spoke to The Mayor's office, Audubon Office and they are all happy and if I continue to call him "I'll have you arrested again!" he threatened. 11:34AM - On my way to the nestsite. 927 Fifth cannot get away with this. A slap on the wrist is not good enough. If a nest like this can still suffer from carelessness and disrespect what do you think is happening to other less famous nests? Please let everyone above know how serious we are about respecting this nest. I promise that all my actions will be perfectly legal.
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