Dennis Paulson writes:
> In response to Emily Mandelbaum's posting:
>
> Yes, those were certainly snipe. I don't think they were too inconvenienced
> by being flushed by you, as a bird's life is full of flushing and
> relocating. As long as you don't disturb a nest and make it fail, you
> aren't harming birds by flushing them.

It may happen that flushing birds can be harmful to them. It can be the case
when quite places are scarce, thus flushed birds have to fly in circle for a
long time before being able to land again. It may also be the case in
small nature sanctuaries with hunting around them. When flushing, the birds
may by shot by these nice :-) guys.



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