[mou] Eagles on the Mississippi

[Richard Wood]

Having been a birder for eight years now, I find it amazing that other birders can't comprehend that some birders are just like some people are; i.e, they can't play by the rules.
If just telling someone to do what was right worked, would we have the need for prisons?

What makes people think that birders are going to be any different?  Just look back on to what the last owl sighting was like; it was a circus.  At the time, I posted that I have seen that happen, and it will continue to happen because birders are people first, and people do stupid things.

So, to just post urging other birders to not ruin it for others is just plain naive.  Other birders, because they are people, are just going to do what they do, and all the posts from well intentioned others aren't going to stop them from doing what they are going to do.

If there's a good bird out there that someone needs to , all the posting in the world urging the to go by the rules and not ruin it for others won't stop them from seeing it if that is their goal.

Richard
 
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
Hastings, MN
rwoodphd at yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----
From: SCOTT MEYER <scottandjudy3 at msn.com>
To: mou-net at moumn.org; Jason Caddy <j.caddy at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:40:21 PM
Subject: Re: [mou] Eagles on the Mississippi




 
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I really can't believe I am reading this.  Just wanting to see a bird, 
but you have to trespass to do it, and then suggest that others "might" not want 
to do it because it is private property, is insane.  Private property is 
illegal to be on!  To bad if you can't see something unless you break the 
law.  

 

These are exactly the things that give "birders" a bad name and get us 
kicked out of places because the actions of birders with incredibly bad 
judgment.  

 

I will bet that if you had gone up to the yacht dealership and asked, they 
probably wouldn't have a problem with it, or if they said "no", then you could 
put the word out that going out there was not allowed.  

 

Implying that others might want to trespass is also so incredibly 
unethical.  This is like giving free licenses for people to break the law 
to anyone else who has to see that bird.  

 

The fun of birding is getting that good look at incredible birds.  
Having posted land is the same as having trees in your way, so that makes your 
brain think of other, "legal" ways to get that good look.  And if you 
can't, you can't.  It's like loosing the Black-throated Blue Warbler that 
just gets lost in the leaves and never shows again.  Well, you might get it 
next time which adds excitement to birding.  

 

Please don't trespass and broadcast it as okay to do!  If you do, then 
we "all" loose places to bird.

 

Scott B. Meyer

Richfield, MN

 

 


  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: Jason Caddy 

  To: mou-net at moumn.org 

  Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:40 
  AM

  Subject: [mou] Eagles on the 
  Mississippi

  

Michael, I can't comment about the eagles at Redwing but the 
  eagles at Prescott, WI were very active and fun to watch.  Of 
  the 14 or more eagles I saw, about 6 of them were actively feeding by diving 
  down to the water and picking off the dead fish from the surface and harassing 
  the waterfowl.  One adult would bring the fish back to feed a juvenile in 
  a nearby tree.  The whole scene was very fun to watch and I would 
  recommend this area for eagle lovers.  The only problem is you can't see 
  them well from the boat launch at the south side of the marina.  I had to 
  walk onto the small jetty owned by the yacht dealership.  This 
  jetty is private property so I don't necessarily suggest using 
  it but I didn't see another area for good viewing.
 
Good 
  Luck,
Jason Caddy


  
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