Re: [cobirds] Fwd: Elk Thistle Birds, Summit County

Good point, but if you put up a whole bunch of bird feeders in your front yard, it's fairly predictable what's going to happen.  Birders just need to use a certain amount of discretion, which sometimes seems in short supply.  There is certainly (Lawyers?  Lawyers?  Bueller?) nothing illegal about it, but staring at someone's house for an extended period is probably not in the best taste.  On the other hand, replying to a rather innocent bird post with a diatribe about no parking signs and calling the police is not in particularly good taste, either.

Norm Lewis
migrant44@aol.com

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From: Amber Carver <caramb22@gmail.com>
To: cobirds <cobirds@googlegroups.com>
Cc: migrant44 <migrant44@aol.com>; sueehlmann <sueehlmann@juno.com>
Sent: Fri, Feb 8, 2013 9:32 am
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Fwd: Elk Thistle Birds, Summit County

Walking up a road is one thing, but we birders rarely show up without binoculars.  I have often wondered about the ethics/legality of posting the location of strangers' feeders.  I think in the future that before we advertise a yard where an interesting bird was seen, we should get the permission of the property owner.  I'm sure most people don't appreciate having strangers peering into their yard with binoculars.

Just a thought.

-Amber

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