Of course it's different. :-) I'm just making the point that it's not hard to photograph hummingbirds w/o disturbing them. They probably chose the nest site because they had a ready food supply nearby (supplied by humans). If they were afraid of molestation they'd have probably gone somewhere else.
We have both chicadees and wrens in nesting boxes on our house. While I don't pick up a stick and poke it around in their box I can stand right under it and hear the babies and stand several feet away and watch the parents going in/out with food. A lot of animals become very good at sharing their space with humans, especially when humans provide an incentive like food, water, or shelter. Tom C. >From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Advice on Hummingbird Nest >Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:36:16 -0700 > >My cats don't eat tuna - it's not good for them ;-)) > >They are used to being photographed, they live in a socialized and domestic >environment, they're neither nesting nor caring for babies, and there's no >chance of predators being alerted by my "intrusion." Totally different >situation, Tom. > >Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Tom C > > > How do you know what your cat's thinking when you take it's picture? It > > might be thinking. "Geez, what an a**hole. Always taking my picture, > > showing it to strangers, posting it on the internet without my >permission >or > > model release. And I can't write, speak English, or type to defend >myself. > > I wish he's spend his time getting me another can of tuna." :-) > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
