He did share his locations - Dakota County, No, that's not an exact spot that you can just drive up to, but it tells you that these birds are out and about, and calling, in that part of the state. This is the same reason for posting the presence of rarities when those species are not accessible (such as on private land). It tells you that they're around, even if you can't easily go and find those individual birds.
Posting as Steve did provides that information, without subjecting individual owls to the excessive attention that they might get if precise locations were posted. Birder ethics vary, and anyone (not just birders) can read posts to MOU-net. I, for one, appreciate such posts, and understand the reasons for keeping exact locations private. Matt Dufort On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Crownhart, Rachel < [email protected]> wrote: > I will second this. And if you aren't going to share your locations what > is the point in posting. Keep it to your self. > > Rachel Crownhart > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 3, 2013, at 1:06 PM, "Sandy Kuder" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Because I use calls and others use tapes to get the owls to respond, I > want to minimize their exposure to disturbance. And using artificial calls > of any kind is not a disturbance? > > > > As it was, we exposed the Screech Owl to predation by a Great-horned. > I'm always amazed at how much credit people give themselves. > > > > I'm sorry, but this is extremely irritating. If I'm not mistaken, the > MOU-listserve is about sharing information. Call me naive, but I believe > mostbirders understand and have some ethics. It is a past-time or passion > that is near and dear to a lot of heartsand no one I've ever met birding, > would ever jeopardize their well-being. > > > > Just my two cents worth. > > > > SandyKuder, > > Anoka County > > > > > > > > > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Steve Weston <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 11:54 AM > >> Subject: [mou-net] Owl locations > >> > >> Because I use calls and others use tapes to get the owls to respond, I > want > >> to minimize their exposure to disturbance. I am sorry, but will not > >> be sharing my locations. As it was, we exposed the Screech Owl to > >> predation by a Great-horned. I will share locations of the large owls > that > >> are visible by day. > >> > >> -- > >> Steve Weston > >> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN > >> [email protected] > >> > >> ---- > >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
