From: Diana [mailto:[email protected]] " Surely with so many places on the refuge where you can get out of the car, ..."
Seriously? Where? You know the refuge. If you wanted to take a small group to see some birds, where would you go? Where could you get anywhere near close enough to anything interesting to engage a 10-year-old? The corral at Mays Point used to have birds, but there hasn't been habitat there for years. The towers and East Road have great stuff, but it's so far away you can't show a beginner anything. I'm a photographer and I take almost all of my photos from my car/blind. But, if we're talking education here, it just isn't happening. For exposure to wildlife at all levels, access is key. Denying access to even a tiny sliver of the refuge serves no one's best interests, in my view. Blinds would be cool, and are used successfully all over the world, but they can't face south straight into the sun! Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
