Too much "Whatabout-ism" being preached. It is ridiculous that some keep
making excuses for selfish persons who not only unnecessarily disturb some
poor bird that ask to be a rarity but interfere with others who are wanted
to see the bird also. Call out these selfish birders or photos, whichever
I’m wondering if people are taking the time to educate people doing this. If
done in a non-confrontational, friendly manner, peoples choices can be changed
by a better understanding of how their behavior affects wildlife.
Obviously it’s not always a good idea to do this, but I find it helpful
Thank you, Ted, for this interesting shift in view on this point.
I've been thinking lately on my field trips about the disturbance we
birders cause to bird activity through our regular everyday birding. Birds
flush, or move away, or otherwise interrupt their normal activities as we
approach and
Hey, all.
Here's a somewhat different perspective on flushing birds:
https://www.aba.org/how-to-know-the-birds-no-53-the-situational-ethics-of-seeing-a-gadwall/
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County
On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 2:51 PM Kathleen Sullivan wrote:
> This morning at about 9:00 I was
Almost the same thing happened when I was viewing the Yellow-crowned
Night-heron at Pella 2 days ago. This other birder was also on the north
shore. He didn't crawl all the way down the bank, but got WAY too close to
the heron and forced it to retreat into the undergrowth. This "birder" had
a
This morning at about 9:00 I was headed to Heron Pond to see the Yellow-crowned
Night Heron and witnessed another incident of bad birder behavior. Two
birders in the parking lot were just ahead of me and headed to the North shore.
I was going at it from the south shore and I met an
CObirders,
On a hike with the Boulder Bird Club this morning along the wooded section
of the Coal Creek Trail south of old town Louisville, Valerie and I saw a
Ruby-crowned Kinglet…with one foot! It was with a small flock of birds
including Black-capped Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, various
