- Jan 16 7:04 pm
#7489
I think that bird behaviour varies widely from species to species, locale to locale and over time within the species for specific locales.
The approach of people with cameras to the shore of Esquimalt Lagoon will draw birds of many varities from all over the Lagoon to the shore beside the photographers. Similarly, birds feeding on backyard feeders will find cameras of no consequence at all.
There are sites like Reifel that are intentional meeting places for people and birds and only those individuals, bird or human, who wish to be there, go there.
Birds are free to avoid photographers and most do by avoiding such places. Even Owls, if they find human company and cameras with flashes disturbing, can avoid them.
Even in the wildest bush, hidden beneath a perfect blind, a photographer gets only the pictures that the wild creature permits.
In my opinion, photography has been a huge boon to wild creatures. It is hard to imagine the current interest in ecology and a 'greener' world without it.
It may be that photographers have scared birds off their nests from time to time but it may be due to photographers that more nesting areas have not been destroyed by human needs.
The approach of people with cameras to the shore of Esquimalt Lagoon will draw birds of many varities from all over the Lagoon to the shore beside the photographers. Similarly, birds feeding on backyard feeders will find cameras of no consequence at all.
There are sites like Reifel that are intentional meeting places for people and birds and only those individuals, bird or human, who wish to be there, go there.
Birds are free to avoid photographers and most do by avoiding such places. Even Owls, if they find human company and cameras with flashes disturbing, can avoid them.
Even in the wildest bush, hidden beneath a perfect blind, a photographer gets only the pictures that the wild creature permits.
In my opinion, photography has been a huge boon to wild creatures. It is hard to imagine the current interest in ecology and a 'greener' world without it.
It may be that photographers have scared birds off their nests from time to time but it may be due to photographers that more nesting areas have not been destroyed by human needs.