Hi, my two bob's worth.
Alan's note raises some points for me.
Many's the time I've sought information on where to find certain birds
and found some operators very loathe to divulge the locations of their
local "specials". Whilst this can be frustrating I can also fully
understand a professional guide wanting to protect his/her product
knowledge in the same way as anyone else in business has to. However, I
wouldn't necessarily ascribe this rationale to Del's note.
I have also come across some non-guiding birders who just don't like
giving out information. Their attitude seems to be "find your own birds
!", which seems a bit miserable.
Personally I now give information freely to any birder (once they
establish their bona fides as a genuine birder). It saves me having to
take them around the place. But when I was doing a bit of guiding I was
a lot more cautious about giving away my information without being paid
for it. One could argue that such " nature" information should be in the
public domain and available to all for free - well, that's Ok for those
not trying to make a living , but if you are depending on the income
it's a different matter.
Tony Russell
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Alan Morris
Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2005 10:59 AM
To:
Subject: Button-quail Sought by Police
BlankHi Birders,
No one seems to have commented on this subject,. And "as fools walk in
where
angels fear to tread", I will have a go and say that the comment by Del
Richards could reflect two issues. One is that a genuine action to
protected
the habitat of the exceptionally rare Buff-breasted Button-quail may
have
been put at risk by the actions of some southern birders who went
looking
for these birds without a guide. Alternatively, we might here have a
complaint by professional birders about some one coming onto their patch
without employing them!
In other parts of Australia there are certain species of hard to find
birds
that appear to be the personal property of the local professional guide.
So
as a person who in his spare time and at his own cost, organises camps
and
outings for the benefit of members of his own bird clubs, the secrecy
and
difficulty of finding out about locations for some species makes me wary
of
Del Rchard's little item.
Alan Morris
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