(1) one would think this defeats the purpose of birding, (2) it's
ecologically unsound, and (3) i'm sure everyone here can come up with other
reasons on their own:

"...During competition, they drive from one spot to another and rarely
venture more than 100 yards from their vehicle. They find birds on roadside
power lines and retention ponds as well as pristine flatwoods. They rumble
over washboard roads at 40 mph in search of more birds, and stop sometimes
for 30 seconds or less..."
"...Simpson said he has heard of speed-birders who, in their competitive
fervor, throw rocks into the bushes, light firecrackers, or drag chains
through a marsh in order to scare up some birds..."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050314/NEWS/503140
449/1006/SPORTS

00 caren
http://www.parkgallery.org
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