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RE: using playback

Subject: RE: using playback
From: Jeremy Minns <>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:08:30 -0300
Got back yesterday. For the record, I'm just a happy amateur. A retired 
business executive to be precise.

Jeremy

> >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





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