[TN-Bird] Re: Birding Irresponsibility
- From: "Michael Lee Bierly" <mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Tennessee Birding" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:36:25 -0500
Why would responsible birders use a tape several times to lure a Sora
out that had given its "whinny, descending call maybe 10 times today"
and in the breeding season in the limited habitat that it has available
in the area for breeding and had been positively identified many times?
Why would responsible birders keep flushing the Soras when their
identification was certain and all you had to do to see one , as one
birder did, was sit down on the bank?
Why would responsible birders keep flushing an American Bittern
especially since its existence depends on the limited habitat available?
Responsible birders would a) enjoy knowing that two wetland species, not
normally present in the area this time of year, are present and one of
them might be nesting whether knowing so or not; or maybe not even
seeing them; b) make sure that the area is protected and a management
plan in place to ensure its future; and c) use their energies to create
additional suitable wetland habitat so this type of event is repeated
many times.
"Build it and they will come," again proven, this time by some natural
habitat enhanced by beavers.
Michael Lee Bierly
Davidson County
Nashville, Tennessee
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