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To: "Michael Hunter" <>,
Subject: playback
From: "Colin R" <>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:10:49 +1000
Hi All



On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:35 +1000, "Michael Hunter"
<> wrote:
> Hi All,
>          Has anyone out there have any actual evidence that tape playback
>          in moderation is actually harmful to birds? 
>         
>          Is playing a tape, or pishing for that matter, until the bird
>          appears, any worse than invoking the natural behavior of a bird
>          chasing away a territorial intruder?  Any worse than causing a
>          bird to fly or run off when following it with a pair of
>          binoculars?
> 
>           Professional bird guides from many different companies in
>           Europe and the Americas return to the same territories again
>           and again, year after year, with their tapes, the same birds
>           keep responding. Playing the tapes doesn't seem to worry the
>           birds any more than another intruding bird does.
> 
>           Does anyone have proof rather than opinion to the contrary? 
> 
>                                                 Cheers
>                                                      Michael
> 
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