HOWEVER, yesterdays experience at Hoover getting the Ruff(lifer) was very, very pleasant with everyone very friendly and doing the right thing! As it should be.
Manon
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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of eric elvert
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 11:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Ruff Treatment- Here we go again
Well Said!!!
On Sep 28, 2015 11:29 AM, "Jeff Harvey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Each year this topic rises from the dead. The joyful birding
> experience is getting harder and harder to have.
> Whether it is legal or not -- and I hear this used often to justify
> one's actions -- doesn't matter. I don't want to see a kayak, or 20
> kayaks, by a bird; or someone sitting in the field next to a hawk when
> I travel a great distance to see a life bird.
> The birder conservationist no longer exists. Now it's about the list
> or the photo. Not about experiencing the bird and its actions. We all
> carry cameras. Most photos of birds have only sentimental value.
> I use the best scope I could buy so I don't have to get close to a
> bird to experience the wonder and joy it provides me. I know we all
> sometimes get caught up in the moment and I can remember every time I
> went too far and flushed a bird. Yes, it still bothers me and I try
> real hard to remember more birders may be on the way.
> If you aren't doing anything wrong, then a photo of you on facebook
> won't be a big deal. In fact you will be proud, I am sure.
> Birding is now a contact sport and more and more people seem to be in
> it for themselves and not the birds.
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> Jeff HarveyMahoning County
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