Another note, how many people here are actually NATURE RECORDISTS?
I see many posts of "what the latest recorder, microphone is" but how many
actually tell of their experiences in the field?
Very Very little. The original listers here no longer post because it has
become irrelevant to many of the recent topics.
It was great in the days of actual methods of recordings and samples of
their work. I see many of the same people posting on a daily basis (which i=
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fine by me) but never see any examples of actual NATURE RECORDINGS.
Most of the recent subscriptions are those who want to get sounds for
playback, most of those subscribers have been birders.
If you multiply these by those who will use playback in the field, is there
not going to be a problem with conservation as we know it or knew it?
I see you are part of Audubon, I am acting chair for the east-lake Audubon
society, out of 1000 members, 2 turn up for conservation meetings yet they
all go out on birding trips armed with iPods etc.
Audubon as a society do a lot for conservation and it only can do because o=
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the membership subscriptions, the majority of its members (and I did polls)
think that the environment is doing ok.....
In the next 7 days, look at the decision of the house as to allow drilling
in the arctic refuge, if it is allowed, millions of birds WILL loose their
breading grounds, Audubon's members will wonder why there are so few birds
around in the years to come. Will they put two and two together?
Maybe when it is too late....
Here is a link to how the birds sound on the refuge now, is it not worth
saving?
http://www.naturesound.org/arctic_national_wildlife_refuge.htm
I believe we should sit back and take stock of what we are doing before it
is too late.
I concur with everything Bernie Kraus is doing and has done for this planet=
.
He has hours of recordings of biomes that no longer exist.
Rant off..... I have to go out and record......
Martyn
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Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
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Redmond. Washington. USA
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-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Chuck B
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:45 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Ethics of Using Recordings on Wildlife
Martyn Stewart wrote:
>This thread could go on forever to no avail, I am not going to be drawn
into
>anymore "nit picking". I have already said, we should agree to disagree.
Let us get onto something
>else appertaining to nature recording.
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You're a moderator. It's in your power to stop the thread, but
before you do:
(1) I'm reminded of the ABA's (American Birding Association)
struggle over whether to stop talking about conservation and just stick
to the fine points of identification. In the end they managed to do
both, realizing that without conservation, there will be nothing to
identify.
(2) People who emphasize recording (this list) can add a lot to the
discussion, which has otherwise been dominated by birders.
(3) We have our own ethical responsibilities. After all, we are in
the field recording, some of us playing back, some of us selling or
sharing recordings that might be used for playback, etc. Don't we owe
users (and the birds/frogs/platypus') some rational guidelines on their use=
?
(4) There's always the delete key.
-- 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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"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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