Naturalists Dept
Yesterday at 1:39pm
Hey everybody-- hope you've had a chance to go to Swine Creek and see the Kentucky warbler that has been hanging around for a few weeks (and now apparently a female as well). However, please be respectful AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO PLAY THEIR SONGS AND CALLS. This is extremely disruptive to birds during breeding season. If we want this pair to breed here (hopefully they will), then we must take care not to disturb them. --Naturalist Linda Gilbert
On May 25, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Matthew Valenic <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Some of you will appreciate this and some will say "mind your own business",
> but I believe this is my business - education.
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> When a special bird visits we all want to see it, take pictures and get it
> on our life list - no problem, I'm right there with you.  But it's well
> known that the use of recordings can be detrimental to the bird, especially
> if it is defending a breeding territory.  Nature conserves energy and
> responding to a 'non-threat' (recording) wastes energy, an especially
> dangerous situation with rain and colder than normal temperatures.  Food
> (caterpillars and winged insects) are slow to move and hypothermia is a real
> possibility.
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> Study your recordings before entering the area so you are familiar with
> them, then use all your 'hunting' skills (be patient - be still) and hope
> for the best.  Sometimes you will be there in a resting period and have to
> wait awhile to hear it sing or see it moving about looking for food.  That's
> all part of this game we play. If we are respectful of nature you can be
> assured that it will come back to you in multiples!  If we don't, we risk
> hurting the bird or chasing it out of the area, then no one gets to enjoy
> it.
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> Thank you for reading this,
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> Matt Valencic
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> "It is in giving that we receive."
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