Dan, Assuming he had no permission from the land-owner to be there, and he was too close to the birds to be summoned away by your calling out, would you consider leaving a note on his car, to inform him of the ethics involved, or to request that he call you to discuss the birds? When I went to view them, the only other people who showed up, stayed by their car at the roadside, but I thought that's what I would do if they ventured into the field before I could say anything. Maybe it would even help to print up the list of guidelines that came out in the e-mails after last spring's Whooper events down there, and just stick a copy of it under the person's windshield. While I'm not naieve enough to believe it would change everyone's behavior, it might influence at least a few. Linda Whyte
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:06 PM, dan&erika <daner...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am glad so many of you were able to see the Northfield Whooping Cranes. > Today, however, I photographed a man taking photos from far into the field > next to the cranes. I also photographed his license plates (they are > Minnesota plates). What part of Please do not trespass into the field or > wetland do you suppose he does not understand? At best his behavior is > selfish. At worst it is downright unethical! Would it be legal for me to > post my photograph of him on my blog? I am not inclined to ever post notice > of rare birds in the future, which really goes against my joy of sharing > with others! > dan > > -- > Dan or Erika Tallman > Northfield, Minnesota > http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum > http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com > http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika > daner...@gmail.com > > ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" > "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnb...@lists.mnbird.net > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html