At 03:02 PM 7/2/2003, Jeremy Minnswrote:
>Barb,
>
>A quick reply as I am off to northeast Brazil tomorrow for three weeks.
>
>I try to record the natural song wherever possible and use playback mainly
>to attract a bird that is vocalising so I can see and identify it. Remembe=
r
>that in tropical forests there are a lot of species and many of these are
>very little known. For some species there are no commercially available
>recordings and without playback I would end up with a lot of unidentified
>vocalisations.
Also, you are a professional ornithologist, and we normally assume that
scientists have the good sense and sensitivity to know when, where and how=
to use playback only to further scientific cause. This isn't always the
case with the birding or guiding community, who might use playback in an
irresponsible way, or for less than scientific purposes. My opinion is that=
playback is a scientific tool, not a birding tool.
Doug
Doug
Doug Von Gausig
Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
Moderator
Nature Recordists e-mail group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists
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