Hey Rich - I am an adjunct prof at the University of Alberta. Does that
make me all bad.
Barb Beck
Edmonton
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Peet
Sent: July 2, 2003 6:58 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists]using playback
For my location that too is to kind. The worst are
the "professionals". And the worst professionals are the University
based scientists.
Rich Peet
--- In Doug Von Gausig <>
wrote:
> 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.
Remember
> >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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