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Photography and disturbing birds (long)

To: Alan Gillanders <>
Subject: Photography and disturbing birds (long)
From: David Stowe <>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:54:24 +1100
Yes i find chopping the tree down the most helpful way to photograph any bird. In fact i usually start a bushfire too so that it clears the scrub and nicely flushes the birds.

But seriously, going back to the original concern;
I defy any birdwatcher to honestly say that they have NEVER caused any bird to fly off from a perch/roost. Every time we stumble into the bush trying for any sort of view of a bird we are disturbing it and most often causing it to fly away from us. And funnily enough, even after all these times, i have never seen one drop dead of exhaustion :)

Cheers
Dave


On 28/10/2008, at 7:25 PM, Alan Gillanders wrote:

Syd,
What about a well known photographer cutting off a tree within a national park to get an at nest shot? As the gentleman concerned denies doing so and I have not enough proof to withstand a libel suit I'll not name him.

When shown the nest of a Spotted Catbird he said that it was no good to him as the hides he had with him would not let him get high enough. A week later the tree had been shortened by a metre and a half, tied with wire to its stump and had branched trimmed.

Regards,
Alan
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