Project Pip

“Project Pip”
For those of us who have been faithfully watching the progress of Pip, Violet & Bobby via the “Live From the Nest” cam sponsored by The New York Times, we have learned that the timing is now at a critical point in efforts to have Pip banded before she fledges. The only way to follow Pip’s progress over the years will be by a band. Otherwise, we’ll never know what happens to her. Will she return to this area to start a nest of her own? Will she take up residence in another state? I, for one, would like to know the answers.
This has been quite a learning experience for me and many other and I certainly don’t want it to stop when Pip leaves the nest. Yes, Violet and Bobby should return to this nest next year (should NYU allow it to remain) and hatch a new brood, however, Pip will always be the first and always be the most special to us.
Please join my efforts to encourage President John Sexton and DEC/DEP officials to band Pip. I am listing what information on snail mail and email addresses I could find.

John Sexton, Ph.D, J.D.President, New York University
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
john.sexton@nyu.edu

Letters to the Editor
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
editorial@nytimes.com
　
Steven Zahn
Regional Supervisor of Natural Resources
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
1 Hunter’s Point Plaza
47-40 21st Street
Long Island City, NY 11101-5407
R2natres@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Christopher Nadareski, Raptor Specialist
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
59-17 Junction Blvd, 19th Floor
Flushing, NY 11373
Email: http://cnadareski@dep.nyc.gov

Michael Bopp, Press Office
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-1016
Press@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
City Hall
New York, NY 10007
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html

If anyone can supply an email address for Chris Nadareski, it would be greatly appreciated. Chris is the New York City raptor special who heads up the Peregrine Falcon program. He is also an experience bander!

I am looking forward to making "Project Pip" a life-long endevor -- I hope you are, too!
Saidhbhin