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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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