Are birders also destined to fall victim to Garrett Hardin's tragedy of the commons? It would seem that there is no such thing as "little tape playing" when it is multiplied over all the birders who want to see a particular bird.
I agree with Jim. It's a disservice to the bird and to the person who then regrets sharing their excitement of an unusual bird with the broader birding community. We must ask ourselves what our priorities are--if we are first and foremost advocates for birds, their well-being, and their habitat. Ultimately that's what being a birder is all about. Diana Doyle S. Minneapolis ------------- On Jul 28, 2008, at 16:09 , James Mattsson wrote: THIS IS A RARE BIRD THAT IS ON TERRITORY WHERE MANY BIRDERS HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR AND SEE IT !!!! TAPES SHOULD NOT BE USED "SPARINGLY" OR ANY OTHER WAY !! TAPES CAN ONLY BE HARMFUL TO THE BIRD WHICH MIGHT BE MATED (PREDATION, ENERGY USED TO DEFEND AGAINST NON-EXISTENT NEIGHBORS, ETC), AND MAY PRECLUDE OTHER BIRDERS FROM SEEING/HEARING THE BIRD. THIS IS WHY I NO LONGER POST BIRDS I FIND THAT I FEEL THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO TAPE PLAYING. HERE IS THE COMPLETE ABA CODE OF ETHICS. http://www.americanbirding.org/abaethics.htm Jim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080728/b0b51639/attachment.html
