HomeMy WebLinkAboutSlatkin, Daniel2415 Long Creek Drive
Southold, NY 11971
April 7, 2003
Albert J. Krupski, Jr.
President, Southold Town Trustees
Southold Town Hall
53095 Main Road
PO Box 1179
Southold, NY 11971
Dear Mr. Krupski:
Southold Town
Board of Trustees
Thank you very much for responding by phone today to our recent letters.
We would like to add here a few more important details.
Our osprey platform was erected on April 13, 2001. A pair of ospreys
claimed it two days later, worked on starting a nest, and left in the
fall. THE BAYM~N DIDN"T OOME TO OUR S~CTION OF LONG CREEK THAT SPRING,
AND THE OSPREYS WERE UND,.'i'~TRED BY THE NORMAL SPRING AND SU~94f~ TRAFFIC
The ospreys continued nest-building in early spring 2002. But in mid-
April many baymen came at the same time, sf~e of their boats within
only a few yards of the platform. After about a week of this daily
disturbance, the ospreys abandoned the platform; WE BELIEVE THIS PAIR
IS I~9~ATURE, NOT HABITUAT~U TO HEAVY CONCENTRATIONS OF BOATS SO NEAR
THf~ FOR SEVf]{AL HOURS AT A TIME.
This year the ospreys have been nest-building since about April 3.
Not until today have any baym~n appeared near their platform.
Would the Trustees please consider excluding the baymen from our section
of Long Creek until the fall?
We look forward to meeting the Trustees when they come to appraise the
situation here -- we hope before the 2002 story repeats itself.
Very truly yours,
Daniel N. Slatkin
Mara B. Slatkin
241 5 Long Creek Drive
Southold, NY 11971
April 5, 2003
Trustees, Town of Southold
(Dept. of Marine Resources)
Town of Southold
Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
Gentlemen:
On April 1 we wrote to you about the Town-approved osprey platform on
our shoreline. In mid-April 2002 the ospreys that were building a nest
on it were spooked awayby the many baymendredging for clams there.
A pair of ospreys is now ACTIVELY ENGAGED in building a nest on this
platform.
We believe ospreys are protected by law, and we repeat our request that
the baymen not be allowed onto this section o4 Long Creek this spring
or any spring.
Yours truly,
Daniel N. Slatkin
Mara B. Slatkin
Southol(I
Boa.rd ot TTusteeS ~
Copy to the Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Stony Brook, NY
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241 5 Long Creek Drive
Southold, NY 11 971
April 1, 2003
Dept. of Marine Resources
Town of Southold
Southold, NY
Dear Sir/Madam:
In early April 2001, with the Town's permission, we erected an osprey
platform on our shoreline. A pair of ospreys spent the summer there
and began building a nest.
In early April 2002 the ospreys returned and continued working on their
nest. However, in mid-April the baymen came here dredging for clams,
eight or nine boats at a time, and within a week the ospreys abandoned
their nest.
Now ospreys are again interested in the platform -- but the two orange
boundary markers are again in place, and we fear the same disruption
of the ospreys as occurred last year.
We earnestly request that the baymen not be allowed onto this section
of Long Creek this spring or any spring.
Yours truly,
Daniel N. Slatkin
Mara B. Slatkin
/ms
April 16, 2001
Mr. Albert Krupski
President, Southold Town Trustees
Post Office Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Dear Mr. Krupski,
Please be informed that an osprey nesting platform about 21 feet above the
water has been erected at the edge of our property [Tax Map #52.-8-3]
in accordance with the guidelines provided us by the Trustees' visiting
committee during their site visit on March 15, 2001.
Daniel Slatkin
Mara Slatkin
2415 Long Creek Drive
Southold, New York 11971-5313
[tel. 765-5405]