Lou Judson wrote:
>CALLING them in??? I thought the entire point was getting them in their
>natural habitat, not calling them like duck hunters!
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>I apologize if this is normal for birders, but I am shocked! Are
>"expensive" birding trips like eco-tourism? Hunting, only with cameras?
>My idealistic California sensibilities imagines complete
>harmlessness... and going to them, not drawing them to you.
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Since this is running off-topic, I'll be brief. Another post deals
with science and bird conservation very well. For recreational purposes,
there are times when calling is a problem and there are times when it is
not. Anyone who believes that this is a black-and-white issue has not
given it the thought it deserves.
-- Chuck
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>Chuck Bragg, Pacific Palisades, CA
>Membership, Newsletter, Web manager
>Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society
>www.smbas.org
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