I really hate to have to post this note, but ... Today at Breezy Point two photographers decided to ignore common sense, birding ethics and clearly posted NPS signs to get close to the reported owls. They had walked a long distance into the protected dune habitat and stationed themselves close to the bird to take photos. I've uploaded a video of the two geniuses here:
http://youtu.be/Q-f8AzNn-F8 One of the guys was the same person that I posted about a couple months ago because he was walking around on the protected grassland at Floyd Bennett Field. If videos and photos aren't enough to shame these two into ethical behavior, perhaps posting their names might. In addition, I called the NPS and they said that they were dispatching the park police, however I don't know if they ever arrived. Several other people were present at the time and were able to easily view the birds from a respectable distance without stressing them or encroaching on the sensitive dune habitat. Good and ethical birding, Rob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
