Date: 10/12/26 3:12 pm From: Lola Ross <lolabones...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Loma Prieta neighbor threatened birders with rifle
I did not witness the incident. It was reported to me by the Santa Clara
birders who had been threatened. They were intending to report to the
Sheriff. I am just putting it out there as a safety warning to the MB
birding community.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM Heidi Sandkuhle <mrskuhle...>
wrote:
> Please report this to the Sheriff’s office. I have encountered residents
> on that road who claimed we were trespassing—we thought we were on county
> roads the entire time. If that road crosses private property, it should be
> marked. This is a serious violation to be threatened with a weapon, and
> should not be tolerated—at anytime.
> Heidi Sandkuhle
>
> On Oct 12, 2026, at 2:39 PM, Lola Ross <lolabones...> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> This morning I went up to Loma Prieta and ran into several birders up
> there when I was at the Wiliamson’s Sapsucker stakeout pine (never saw it,
> but I did get nice photos of a RBS).
> Three birders from Santa Clara Co said a Loma Prieta resident threatened
> them with a rifle, fired two shots in the air, motioned them violently to
> go away, flipped them off, and pointed his rifle at them (not necessarily
> in that order). The birders were on the public county road. One of the
> three birders shared the location where it occurred (see link below). She
> took photos of the man and the location and was planning to file a report
> with the SC County Sheriff’s Office, but at Kim’s suggestion, I’m posting
> the info here so you can all be aware.
>
> Brian Spence also returned from that direction a little later on, and had
> not encountered anything untoward, but I chose not to walk up that way
> anyway. Two drivers also sped past us at various times, purposefully
> revving through the softer dirt to try to coat us with dust (once by the
> sapsucker tree and once at the parking area). Most drivers were courteous,
> but not those two.
>
> Stay safe out there. Here’s the location that was shared with me of the
> guy with the rifle:
>
> https://maps.app.goo.gl/diiWnzvfDEUGjFfR7?g_st=ig >
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