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Speaking of ethical photography (or not), I happened to catch the tail-en= d of Channel 5 news (kstp) the other night, where they had a super short = segment on the GGO invasion. I was really surprised to see a shot of the= owl fly right at the camera in pursuit of a little white mouse. Now, I = am making assumptions here. I guess it could've been an albino white-foo= ted mouse or something...but I jumped to the conclusion that it was a rat= her unethical camera shot. And to irk me more, the newscaster called the= m "grey owls". =20 I hope I saw and heard that wrong. ----- Original Message ----- From: SeEtta Moss Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou] Bird photo affirmations I was delighted to see Terry Brashear's posting in which he affirms "All =20 these images were taken of naturally hunting owls - no mice or baiting wa= s =20 used." I think that all who post links to their owl photos (amateurs as =20 well as professionals) ought to include a similar affirming phrase (if it= is =20 factual). This would serve to remind everyone that such highly ethical =20 photography is highly valued by the birding community as well as educate =20 everyone who reads the posts that the behaviors of baiting or using mice = to =20 interrupt an owl to take its photo is problematic. Terry--really great pics. It takes real skill as a bird/nature photograp= her =20 to get such fantastic photos of naturally hunting owls. SeEtta Moss (a Colo birder who is still experiencing vicarious enjoyment of the owl =20 invasion by continuing on this list even tho I had to come home) _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C524E0.B8C52810 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Speaking of et= hical photography (or not), I happened to catch the tail-end of Channel 5= news (kstp) the other night, where they had a super short segment on the= GGO invasion. I was really surprised to see a shot of the owl fly = right at the camera in pursuit of a little white mouse. Now, I= am making assumptions here. I guess it could've been an albino whi= te-footed mouse or something...but I jumped to the conclusion that it was= a rather unethical camera shot. And to irk me more, the newscaster= called them "grey owls". </DIV> <DIV>I hope I saw and heard that w= rong.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Messa= ge -----</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px= ; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <= DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From= :</B> SeEtta Moss</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Mond= ay, March 07, 2005 9:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</= B> [email protected]</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:<= /B> [mou] Bird photo affirmations</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>I was delighted = to see Terry Brashear's posting in which he affirms "All <BR>these images= were taken of naturally hunting owls - no mice or baiting was <BR>used."= I think that all who post links to their owl photos (amateurs as <= BR>well as professionals) ought to include a similar affirming phrase (if= it is <BR>factual). This would serve to remind everyone that such = highly ethical <BR>photography is highly valued by the birding community = as well as educate <BR>everyone who reads the posts that the behaviors of= baiting or using mice to <BR>interrupt an owl to take its photo is probl= ematic.<BR><BR>Terry--really great pics. It takes real skill as a b= ird/nature photographer <BR>to get such fantastic photos of naturally hun= ting owls.<BR><BR>SeEtta Moss<BR>(a Colo birder who is still experiencing= vicarious enjoyment of the owl <BR>invasion by continuing on this list e= ven tho I had to come home)<BR><BR><BR>__________________________________= _____________<BR>mou-net mailing list<BR>[email protected]<BR>http://cb= s.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C524E0.B8C52810--
