Subject: [Tweeters] re: Use of Playback-Sibley Blog-WOS Board discussions
Date: Apr 22 17:22:04 2011
From: Scott Downes - downess at charter.net


Tweets,
The Sibley blog on the use of playback is one of the more balanced articles written on the subject. I wanted to throw in a couple of tidbits on the subject. The first is that the WOS Board has been discussing this issue off and on and we were impressed by the balanced nature of the blog that members of the board have asked David for permission to print part or all of the post in a future WOS News. The second is to draw a parallel to an earlier time (1993). While the following link was long before any of us had heard of Ipods or Smartphones, Dennis Paulson wrote a very nice article in an early WOS News talking about birding ethics and use of playback (tape at that time): http://wos.org/issue28.pdf

We're never going to all agree on the subject, but well written educational pieces like Dennis' or David's help to form each birder's mind with an informed decision. Thanks to both for doing that (and many others who have also written similar articles).

Scott Downes
downess at charter.net
Yakima WA