I once rigged a mirror at a Ruffed Grouse drumming log, hoping that the mal=
e
would see his image at dawn and give alarm calls. I had a mike hidden next
to the log, and I spent the night in my van about a hundred yards away,
connected by a long cable.
Sure enough, after drumming for half the night, the grouse began giving
alarm calls at the break of dawn, then flew away after around two minutes o=
f
calling. Within a minute or two, he began thumping from another log several
hundred feet away. I got my recording! Next morning he was back on the firs=
t
drumming log, drumming away normally.
I do not feel in the least bit bad about what I did. In fact, I chuckle whe=
n
I think about it.
Lang
> Gordon Hempton wrote:
>
>> Has anyone out there developed another technique that they feel is an
>> ethical and viable substitute? For example, feeding stations or landscap=
ing
>> to attract a particular favored species, etc.
>
> Well, lets see, feeding. I recently watched a hawk take a bird from my
> feeders. So feeders can have a down side too. And they do change the
> dietary patterns of the birds. I mostly use feeders to help get more
> birds through the winter, I don't normally stock them in the summer.
>
> Landscaping is probably positive. Though I tend to think more in terms
> of benign neglect. Like leaving dead trees to be used by hole nesting
> birds. And not cleaning out the underbrush. And certainly a wildflower
> meadow is going to be better than a mowed lawn. Adding non-native
> species of plants may not be all that helpful, however.
>
> I also do things like nest boxes. I've got a nice bunch of bluebirds
> that use my boxes every year. Along with quite a few other birds. And
> quite a few flying squirrels use them in the winter.
>
> And then there is the water gardening. Birds use the water, but the real
> crowd is all the frogs we have as a result. We had a green frog setting
> in the first one we set up in less than a day. It's grown considerably
> since then.
>
> If you wish to get into this, studying what's limiting the species you
> want and providing it can pay dividends.
>
> Walt
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