By "walking obliquely towards them with your head turned away", I
meant decreasing the distance between you and the birds without
heading directly for them, and making sure that my face was pointing
away from them.
John L
On 07/05/2008, Denise Goodfellow <> wrote:
> I behaved similarly when shooting buffalo years ago. I'd walk indirectly
> towards them and not look them in the eye.
> Denise L Goodfellow
>
>
> on 7/5/08 8:51 AM, Peter Shute at wrote:
>
> > What do you mean by "walking obliquely towards them"? Do you mean that
> > your body is partly turned away from them too? If that really helps
> > then perhaps they're sensitive to whether a predator is in a position to
> > launch themselves at them, irrespective of whether it's looking at them.
> > I guess it would make sense.
> >
> > But if all these things are true then you'd think predators would have
> > evolved the instinct to do all these tricks too. Maybe they do.
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > wrote on Wednesday, 7 May 2008 7:38
> > AM:
> >
> >> This article descibes how birds focus on the eyes of a human,
> >> a human equally close to them, but looking away, is not
> >> perceived as so much of the threat as one looking direectly at them.
> >>
> >> I think this is soemthing that most birdwatchers will have
> >> learnt by experience. I have had this reinforced in my
> >> expereince of bird photography, where often you can get
> >> closer to birds by walking obliquely towards them with your
> >> head turned away, and then just turning back at the last
> >> minute to lift the camera and snap!
> >>
> >> John Leonard
> >>
> >> On 06/05/2008, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> >>> Dear All,
> >>>
> >>> When you are out in the field and watching a bird, do you somertimes
> >>> feel that they know you are watching? Well have a look at
> >>> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080430075912.htm
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