[Maine-birds] Re: Owl again

So I want to say that the Owl tonight was showing off to all the people there, it was a great display.  Everyone there was very respectful and kept their distance and stayed together as a group.  The owl was in a tree in the distance and no one rushed the tree, with that patience the group was allowed to see the owl hunt several times.  We even got to see that the owl was able to feed, the owl then flew to the far left of the field where it continued to hunt and was successful.  At this point people packed up and started to leave, once at the top of the hill where the cemetary ends the owl flew in and landed on a rock as if almost posing, it was a treat because it came to us, after sitting there for 10 minutes or so it flew within 30 feet of the group and posed again for about 10 minutes then flew off.  I am not writing to get into the middle of the bird harassment issues just giving an update on tonights events it was spectacular.

On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 11:08:43 AM UTC-5, BAB wrote:

I wonder if the controversy over the great gray might not be solved with an appeal to respecting comfort distances.  While it's true a warbler can still find food in its immediate vicinity even with a photographer 25 feet away, it's quite different for an owl that needs a hay field to hunt over.  Professional wildlife photographers don't harass their target species.  What is the purpose of an amateur needing to get so close, especially with a 500mm lens?  Is it for stock images?  There are currently more than enough excellent stock photos of great gray owls, and any additional images would yield about $0.75 in that particular market.  Or is getting close just a personal objective, sort of like Hemingway proving he can still shoot one more elephant?  If you love the wildlife you are pursuing with a camera, why would you purposely harass the animal?  If you don't love your wild photographic targets, perhaps it's time to move on to landscapes, architecture, or portraits.

BAB

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