Bird Watchers Digest has an article in the current issue about using your
camera (with telephoto lens) as your binoculars when birding. My son has
done this for years with his 400mm lens. He loves photography and birds
are sometimes a subject (when he joins me birding). To each his/her own!
Matt Valencic
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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alex
Eberts
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 11:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Great Horned Owl Roost Sites
The reason to feel offended is because all photographers get lumped into the
same group of unethical and rude people when it isn't the case for the
majority. Speaking out on bad behaviors is one thing, but making an
overgeneralization about a group of people and lumping all photographers
into it is rude and arrogant. Just because someone chooses to look through a
camera rather than binoculars doesn't make them any less of a birder. Speak
out against the behavior, not the people.
Alex Eberts
> On Apr 6, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Andrew Sewell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> The Greenlawn Cemetery owl nest has been published in the Dispatch, so
> noting its existence on Ohio Birds is not likely to be detrimental.
> However, the original question was about owl roosts, which is different.
> You can go to a spot where owls are reported to roost and never see
> them (I've done it countless times).
>
> In terms of photographers and behavior, there's a reason the Greenlawn
> owl nest is fenced off. A few bad actors do tend to result in negative
> comments about groups in general, which is why we should feel
> obligated to speak out about unethical or just plain rude behavior
> when we observe it. Some photographers do act in ways that are not
> only detrimental to birds, but to birders and people around them.
> Unfortunately, it is the bad behavior that sticks out in people's
> minds. No one is going to remember the guy on the Magee boardwalk
> handholding a 400mm lens, standing behind all the people trying to see
> a rare warbler, but they are going to remember the guy set up with a
> massive lens and tripod that you have to squeeze by. And conversely,
> no one remembers the quiet birders who see the bird and move on; they
> remember the ones that just had to get closer for a really good look
> or immediately whip out a recording and ruin it for everyone. When
> people criticize birders for those actions, I don't feel personally
offended because I don't do what they are complaining about.
>
> Andy Sewell
> Columbus, Ohio
>
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Scott E. Zimmermann
> <[log in to unmask]
>> wrote:
>
>> We should not be publishing owl nest locations nor should we be
>> belittling photographers. I am personally offended by the comments
>> about photographers related to the GHOW and their nest.
>>
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