At 07:38 AM 1/26/99 -0800, drugge_dean/23 at belnet.bellevue.k12.wa.us wrote:
>BTW, I did
>yell out 'view the birds, don't flush 'em'. I was shown respect for
>birds, and the need to 'stay back' after a trip to Boundary Bay (Snowy
>Owls) a few years ago with Bob Sundstrom. Why do we bird anyway?
>
> -dean

This is always a tough subject for the photographers in the group. As a
photographer the quality of the picture always improves as I get closer.
But at the same point I get better pictures if the bird stays relaxed and
can continue to do what its doing . I try to watch carefully so I can tell
when the bird is feeling pressured and then back off. But its not a perfect
science.

I have also found that different things cause birds to flush. Sometimes its
movement. Sometimes its the flash. Sometimes its somebody yelling. You
just never can tell.


Jim Rosso
Jim Rosso
Issaquah, Washington
425-392-8440
jrosso at mediaseek.com