I agree, no need to interrupt its natural behaviour, harass or disturb it.
You're either in luck or you're not...
Tim> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:01:30 -0800> From: > Subject:
Re: [Birding-Aus] Lewin's Rail, Bicent Park and Call Playback> To:
; > > The Lewin's Rail could be a
possible breeder at that location. So please DON'T bother it with playback and
any other type of annoyance. Since there is a lot of exposed mud, it only takes
a few minutes of patience and you will get great looks at a number of different
rails (including 2 Lewin's) and crakes (Spotless)!> > Cheers,> > Nikolas> >
----------------> Nikolas Haass> > Sydney, NSW> > > > -----
Original Message ----> From: Evan Beaver <>> To: birding-aus
<>> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 9:46:01 AM>
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Lewin's Rail, Bicent Park and Call Playback> > Went with
GT for a look at the Lewin's on Sunday morning, and,> possibly fortunately (see
below), I dipped on the Rail, but had> cracking views of the Spotless Crake, a
bird I'd only seen once> before, and very fleetingly. For a plain bird they're
quite> interesting.> > Did a quick lap around the northern end of the big lake
and the bay,> turning up a Common Sandpiper and Striated Heron, along with the>
normal Teals, Stilts and Avocets. Not a bad haul. An even quicker turn> around
Mason park added Sharpies, Curlew Sandpiper and a lone Pacific> Golden Plover.
No Pectorals, but we were moving pretty quickly.> > Now, back to the Rail. As
we've discussed here ad nauseum in the past,> everyone has their own list, and
their own ethics/rules governing> their lists. I decided a long time ago that I
would never use call> playback to attract a bird. Impersonating the call myself
is okay, but> no recordings are permitted. Usually this is pretty easy to
follow; I> almost always bird alone, so as long as I remember not to play calls
I> should be okay. However, it gets a bit difficult when there other> birders
around with different opinions for their lists. So on sunday I> was on the
horns of a moral dilemna; others were using call playback,> could I tick the
bird if it did show? I decided that no, this would be> cheating under my moral
code. I'm not suggesting that everyone should> stop immediately; as stated
before this is my PERSONAl code, and> no-one else is in any way obliged to take
it seriously. However, if,> as I believe is the case with most birders, you
don't want to> accidentally upset other people, there is a pretty good case
for> asking for permission before playing a call in the pressence of other>
birders. That's all really. I don't think there was any malicious> intent, just
a meeting of moral codes. So, if you're the type who> likes a bit of playback
with their birding, perhaps a quick "is this> okay" would be nice before
launching into it?> > EB> > -- > Evan Beaver> Lapstone, Blue Mountains, NSW>
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