Good suggestions regarding conduct in the field are found in the American
Birding Associations, Code of Birding Ethics.
If we don't follow guidelines 1b and 1d, concerned birders will start using
1c!
Find the link in the OOS Forum, under "Bird Conservation Topics" under:
100 things a NA birder should do before hanging up the optics...
Follow suggestion number 35. The link to ethics is there, or just do a
search for it.
While you are looking over the bucket list there--please consider adding
your favorite birding experience to the list by replying to the forum--I
edit and update the growing list regularly.
You will see the obvious emphasis on bird conservation in the suggestions so
far, and some great birding locations, too.
Tom Bain
Bird Conservation Chair
Ohio Ornithological Society
-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sean
Williams
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:32 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Ohio-birds] No Nelson's Sparrows, Snipe Marsh, Delaware + word of
caution
Birders,
Since last Wednesday, Sep. 22nd, I have heard no positive reports of the
Nelson's Sparrows, or even of any Ammodramus species.
However, every day many birders (3+) have been present. What bothers me is
that every day I see one or more birders freely walking around in the marsh.
This is not how I originally found the birds, so you may not be improving
your chances. Admittedly, before I found the birds and before there were
other birders, I braved the cold wetness once every two weeks. I'd like to
caution birders that if multiple people tromp the marsh every day, there may
be no Nelson's Sparrow habitat left!! We're talking about a very small
marsh, possibly only an acre. There are now obvious walkways through the
cattails and wet grasses. Please be respectful of the birds on their great
migration to wintering grounds. I hope I'm not sounding too crabby! :P
Thank you!
Sean
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Sean Williams, '11
Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt
Ohio Wesleyan University
HWCC 724
Delaware, OH 43015
617-470-4094
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