If I were about to kill a defenceless animal, I doubt I'd have to
courage to look it in the eye either.
Stephen Ransom
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Denise
Goodfellow
Sent: Wednesday, 7 May 2008 11:05 AM
To: Peter Shute; John Leonard; Birding Aus
Subject: Do you think birds know when you are
watching?
I behaved similarly when shooting buffalo years ago. I'd walk
indirectly
towards them and not look them in the eye.
Denise L Goodfellow
on 7/5/08 8:51 AM, Peter Shute at wrote:
> What do you mean by "walking obliquely towards them"? Do you mean
that
> your body is partly turned away from them too? If that really helps
> then perhaps they're sensitive to whether a predator is in a position
to
> launch themselves at them, irrespective of whether it's looking at
them.
> I guess it would make sense.
>
> But if all these things are true then you'd think predators would have
> evolved the instinct to do all these tricks too. Maybe they do.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> wrote on Wednesday, 7 May 2008 7:38
> AM:
>
>> This article descibes how birds focus on the eyes of a human,
>> a human equally close to them, but looking away, is not
>> perceived as so much of the threat as one looking direectly at them.
>>
>> I think this is soemthing that most birdwatchers will have
>> learnt by experience. I have had this reinforced in my
>> expereince of bird photography, where often you can get
>> closer to birds by walking obliquely towards them with your
>> head turned away, and then just turning back at the last
>> minute to lift the camera and snap!
>>
>> John Leonard
>>
>> On 06/05/2008, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> When you are out in the field and watching a bird, do you somertimes
>>> feel that they know you are watching? Well have a look at
>>> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080430075912.htm
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