As Listowner of NYSbirds-L, I am monitoring this thread in the background. This is an important discussion to have on the eList.
Please continue to keep the comments considerate and thoughtful. For reference again, here is the American Birding Association (ABA) Code of Ethics - Principles of Birding Ethics: http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html Also, here is the previously posted Nature Photographers Ethics Resource Page: http://www.naturephotographers.net/ethics.html Thanks and good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, NYSbirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu NYSbirds-L - Archives<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> NYSbirds-L - Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> NYSbirds-L - Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> NYSbirds-L - Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> -- 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/ --