All, I am a photographer and am very respectful of wildlife and the birding ethic rules. In no way do I want to bring harm or stress any wildlife including snowy owls. The opportunity to be able to see these magnificant birds this winter is an awesome one. The birding list have been an awesome resource in order to see not only snowy owls but other species as well. Just because there were 2 bad apples some people who think they are above everyone else trashes photographers in general. Then we have frequent birders say they are no longer going to post specific locations, which in my mind means people will have to look harder and possibly flush out bird looking instead of understand where they are and staying a good distance away to observe. Then we have others that say they will no longer post at all. If this is the case why not just band this whole concept of the birding list and we can all go back to the stone age. I understand the problem with a select few but come on people grow up and handle the situation responsibly.
Greg -- 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/ --
