The Globe reports that a Colonial-era law allows people to hunt ducks at the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, which borders East Boston, Revere and Winthrop. After Eastie resident and bird watcher George Cumming saw a hunting blind and a guy decked out in camouflage, he contacted local authorities, who told him that the practice is legal under an existing state law that allows the public to hunt and fish in tidal areas.Officials at Logan Airport are apparently not concerned, saying that the idea that hunting could be a threat to airplanes is "silly," which sounds a bit too dismissive, especially in light of concerns over a recent incident that involved a bottle rocket shooting off near a plane landing at Logan.
Cumming, who has a blog called OrientSee where he displays his birding photos, said that he is "flabbergasted," adding: "It goes against common sense that you would allow that sort of thing to go on in a place that's so very close to people, activity, and especially the airport."
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In today's age of heightened anxiety around air travel and terrorism, it is amazing that officials at Logan find it "silly" that the public would be concerned about allowing guns so close to the airport. I have no problem with hunting or guns, but it makes no sense to allow it so close to an international airport.
Don't mean to stir the pot but I am always thankful when I see that there are places left to hunt or pursue outdoor sports. Unless there have bee incidents involving hunters affecting the airport and its surroundings there is no reason to change the laws.
At 9:30 AM on tuesday JAN 22nd I encountered an American Bald Eagle sitting on top of the edge of a third floor porch on havre street between havre and london streets, spectacular sight, it looked about a foot and a half long, it looked overweight, to much of a giant bird for East Boston, It was an Eagle alright.
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