Chris Stoddart wrote:
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Tim Osleby wrote:
My next idea is to spend the night in the hide, and see how the birds
behave at sunrise. Getting up that early is against my nature, but
it is worth a try.
Tim, from many years ago I remember a bit of advice in a book by (I
think,the British bird photographer Eric Hosking) that said something
like two people should go to the hide and one should come away again.
He said birds weren't stupid and if they saw you disappear in a hide
they'd know you were still there even though they could no longer see
you. Fortunately they can't count, so the person coming away fools
them into thinking you have left.
Your suggestion of going in the dark might achieve the same effect?
Chris
I've heard that about baboons, monkeys and crows. Three people go into
the maize lands
two come out and the baboons who can't count past two are fooled and end
up shot when
they go into the field. This doesn't work. The only way to fool them is
to remain hidden.
Another myth. Fill a gourd which has a small hole with maize kernels.
Monkeys that put
their hands into the tethered gourd close their fists on a handful and
can be captured
because they won't let go. This doesn't work either.
Don
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