[mou] Bird photo affirmations
Susan Hult
incrediblehult@msn.com
Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:46:44 -0600
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Speaking of ethical photography (or not), I happened to catch the tail-en=
d of Channel 5 news (kstp) the other night, where they had a super short =
segment on the GGO invasion. I was really surprised to see a shot of the=
owl fly right at the camera in pursuit of a little white mouse. Now, I =
am making assumptions here. I guess it could've been an albino white-foo=
ted mouse or something...but I jumped to the conclusion that it was a rat=
her unethical camera shot. And to irk me more, the newscaster called the=
m "grey owls". =20
I hope I saw and heard that wrong.
----- Original Message -----
From: SeEtta Moss
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:11 PM
To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
Subject: [mou] Bird photo affirmations
I was delighted to see Terry Brashear's posting in which he affirms "All =20
these images were taken of naturally hunting owls - no mice or baiting wa=
s =20
used." I think that all who post links to their owl photos (amateurs as =20
well as professionals) ought to include a similar affirming phrase (if it=
is =20
factual). This would serve to remind everyone that such highly ethical =20
photography is highly valued by the birding community as well as educate =20
everyone who reads the posts that the behaviors of baiting or using mice =
to =20
interrupt an owl to take its photo is problematic.
Terry--really great pics. It takes real skill as a bird/nature photograp=
her =20
to get such fantastic photos of naturally hunting owls.
SeEtta Moss
(a Colo birder who is still experiencing vicarious enjoyment of the owl =20
invasion by continuing on this list even tho I had to come home)
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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Speaking of et=
hical photography (or not), I happened to catch the tail-end of Channel 5=
news (kstp) the other night, where they had a super short segment on the=
GGO invasion. I was really surprised to see a shot of the owl fly =
right at the camera in pursuit of a little white mouse. Now, I=
am making assumptions here. I guess it could've been an albino whi=
te-footed mouse or something...but I jumped to the conclusion that it was=
a rather unethical camera shot. And to irk me more, the newscaster=
called them "grey owls". </DIV> <DIV>I hope I saw and heard that w=
rong.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Messa=
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ay, March 07, 2005 9:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</=
B> mou-net@cbs.umn.edu</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:<=
/B> [mou] Bird photo affirmations</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>I was delighted =
to see Terry Brashear's posting in which he affirms "All <BR>these images=
were taken of naturally hunting owls - no mice or baiting was <BR>used."=
I think that all who post links to their owl photos (amateurs as <=
BR>well as professionals) ought to include a similar affirming phrase (if=
it is <BR>factual). This would serve to remind everyone that such =
highly ethical <BR>photography is highly valued by the birding community =
as well as educate <BR>everyone who reads the posts that the behaviors of=
baiting or using mice to <BR>interrupt an owl to take its photo is probl=
ematic.<BR><BR>Terry--really great pics. It takes real skill as a b=
ird/nature photographer <BR>to get such fantastic photos of naturally hun=
ting owls.<BR><BR>SeEtta Moss<BR>(a Colo birder who is still experiencing=
vicarious enjoyment of the owl <BR>invasion by continuing on this list e=
ven tho I had to come home)<BR><BR><BR>__________________________________=
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