I'm so tired of this. It happens again and again and every time we're told it's just a rogue individual and we should all keep posting all our sightings. Obviously its a really big problem. Birders say they love birds but really they just love seeing them. They love them like a philanderer loves women.
Kurt On 2/27/12 9:11 PM, "Andy Forbes" <andrew_for...@fws.gov> wrote: > Today I was fortunate to get to see the roosting N. Saw-whet Owl at the > Dodge Nature Center. What is unfortunate is that I could tell where it was > long before I could even see the trees that it was in. There was a large > group of people talking loudly, less than 10ft. from the owl. What is worse > is that some of these people were moving branches and even shaking the tree > to get shots of the bird with its' eyes open. > > I appreciate that owls are beautiful birds and it is hard not to get > excited about them. Keep in mind though that this bird is trying to SLEEP. > Let's hope that the owl doesn't leave this roost tree because of this > harassment. Not only would that be bad for others that would like to see it > that haven't, but it may move to less suitable location and end up being > dinner for a Great Horned Owl or something else. > > I beg future visitors to PLEASE use restraint around this - and other - > roosting birds! Keep a respectful distance, keep noise to a minimum, use > common sense. This type of harassment is not only unethical, it is also > illegal. > > > Andrew Forbes, Burnsville, Dakota cty. > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
