The photographers shown in Rob's video were not the only instances. This photographer: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BqOGEhoql4A/Ty8zKetR49I/AAAAAAAABLo/NhfyRUrXTrE/s1600/BozoBirdPhotographer_W5G7596.jpg was walking all over the dune area too in pursuit of the owls as of 8:30am. One of the owls may have flushed as a result, although they were also observed moving independently. I also have a photograph of this guy's SUV and NY license plate.
Birders need to understand that bird photographers are parasitic of the sightings on this list (this particular photographer was aware of the original NYSBirds-L post). Phil Jeffrey On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Rob Jett <citybir...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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: -- 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/ --
