It seems to me that parking, standing, or doing anything close to
where birds come to drink is very inconsiderate at least and plain
stupid at best.
Birds need to drink.
Birds are cautious when drinking as they are a bit more vulnerable to
predators.
Being close to their drinking point does on of the following:
Makes them more nervous and hesitant to drink
Prevents them drinking now and causing them to come back later.
Causes them to forgo today's drink.
Causes them to move to another area where they can find a "safe"
place to drink.
In summary:
Give all birds plenty of room to do their thing be it drinking or
whatever.
Be a responsible and ethical birder.
Peter
On 14/05/2008, at 8:50 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
Perhaps she simply didn't understand the significance of what she was
seeing? A bit shocking, buut it couldn't be considered to be
particularly damaging behaviour - not like tramping through OBP
habitat
without regard for the birds that might be frightened off - the main
damage would be the petrol she used just to get a meaningless tick.
I'm interested to know if people consider that parking close to this
waterhole near Cunnamulla to see the Flock Bronzewings would be
detrimental to the birds or not.
Peter Shute
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