But by publishing the location of a "rare bird", you are sort of defeating the publication of the "birder's ethics".
The fact of "whether we ought to be paying attention to them (birding ethics) or not" is something you are NEVER going to get EVERYONE to adhere to. I've been a birder for almost 10 years and have been on several state's lists, and it is getting to the point that it's funny when this happens. You'll have a bunch that act like fools chasing a bird, and one or two will cite the "Birder's ethics", as if that will make the tape players or pishers stop doing what they do. If I can't get my 10 year old grandddaughter to clean up after the dog, how are you going to stop a grown adult from disturbing a White-eyed Vireo? You aren't, and the sooner everyone realizes that, the better off we will all be. There are several camps in birding, the birder/hunters, the birders against hunting, the birders that go by the "rules" and the ones that don't, just to name a few camps. I have learned that it's best to not bring up some of these issues, as one is just asking for trouble. This, I feel, is one of those issues. I URGE the moderators to cut in and end this silly discussion. Richard Richard L. Wood, Ph. D. Hastings, MN rwoodphd at yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Holly Peirson <[email protected]> To: mou-net at moumn.org; mnbird at lists.mnbird.net Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:43:43 AM Subject: Re: [mou] Birding Code of Ethics (or ethics any kind...) I suggest that at the end of each RBA there be a link to the Birding Code of Ethics. That?s a simple way to put the info out but not overwhelm us with discussion of whether we ought to be paying attention to them or not. Holly Peirson Columbus, Anoka Co. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080729/d6776d22/attachment.html
