[TN-Bird] Re: OT: Ethics, Legality, etc.?

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  • Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 18:45:25 -0400 (EDT)

I generally tell folks to refrain from using recordings during breeding season 
as it tends to pull nesting birds off the nest. Mostly it is just common sense, 
but some novice birders need to be aware that recordings should not be used all 
the time. I would think the same should apply to pishing, but it would seem to 
me to be not quite as serious to the birds as recordings. Of coarse I could be 
wrong about this.


Knox Martin
Mid-South Raptor Center
Memphis, Shelby County



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From: Bates Estabrooks <wgpu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wed, Jun 4, 2014 5:33 pm
Subject: [TN-Bird] OT: Ethics, Legality, etc.?



TN Birders,


I saw a statement recently on a web site for a park/natural area (not in TN) 
that puzzled me.  So I thought I'd post this here to see what TN birders think.


The statement says that it is against their rules to "pish" or play recordings 
to lure birds in, because these behaviors are against the law and "harmful."  
The area is a breeding area for an endangered species of bird.


My questions:  


Is it indeed illegal (federal or in some states) to "pish" or play recordings?  


Is "pishing" harmful?  Are recordings harmful?


Thanks.


Bates Estabrooks
Anderson County

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