Just to show that ethical issues in birding are NOT:

Limited to use of iPods
Limited to North America
Without consequence
Easy and straight forward

This post recently came across on Birdchat. The enclosed link is worth
reading.

Jack Stephens
Edmonds, WA
jstephens62 at comcast.net

Copy of the post is below:

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:48:36 +0930
From: bob gosford <bgosford at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: When priceless parrots and sacred land and people clash with
birdwatchers/

/Dear all,

My look at events following the recent irruption of the rare and exceedingly
beautiful Princess Parrot on Aboriginal land west of Alice Springs in
central Australia and the conduct of (some) birdwatchers and twitchers that
may change some entrenched attitudes on the fringes of Australia's birding
(and twitching) community.

See my articles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's The Drum
website here: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/42384.html


Cheers thanks and I welcome your comments and thoughts on this subject.

Bob Gosford
Alice Springs
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Australia
Twitter: at bgosford/
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