I've made a decision about how I'm going to handle birders/photographers acting unethically. At the very least I have my cell phone on me therefore a camera at all times. I'm going to photograph these folks and call them out by plastering their faces on Facebook. 

                                                                Manon VanSchoyck
                                                                Licking County

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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Whan
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 2:55 PM
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ruff treatment on our side of the pond

Ironic that someone should mention selfish misbehavior about the ruff now being seen at Hoover, because like the flycatcher in England this one is a species that 'belongs' on the other side of the Atlantic.
        True, the ruff as a shorebird is far more able to stray way off course successfully than a tiny Empidonax flycatcher. We are used to a few good reports of ruffs every year in Ohio. And others may be overlooked, since females and young and molted adults are far less striking versus a cock in breeding plumage.
        So many ruffs are seen in North America year after year that observers have long thought they can't all be strays, and that some might be breeding here beyond a single freak nest verified in Alaska long ago, maybe somewhere in remote areas of Canada; see for example https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v077n03/p0294-p0296.pdf
  . But proof is elusive. If they're up there, maybe it's best to keep it a secret so they are unknown to photographers!
Bill Whan

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