“Ray, if you are so eager to do conservation work why don’t you stop bringing people to the bird nesting sites first?! Think about how many people you are introducing to these sites and how many more friends they are bringing with them after your workshop, without your supervision. Take a moment to think about all that going off trail you do in the forests, to find warblers to make your clients happy and at the same time, creating trails where there weren’t any before. By doing so, you are constantly contributing to the problem.
Instead of looking for a conservation cause to donate your time and photography how about not creating a problem at the first place?! The less disturbance at the nesting sites the better for the wildlife, don’t you think?
If you want to do good for birds stop using electronic calls, stop organizing workshops at the nesting sites of endangered species like Cerulean Warbler, Black Skimmer, Burrowing Owl or even Common Loon. The less people the less disturbance to those sites. Most likely you are careful and all, but those people that you brought in on your workshops not only will be back but they will bring more friends with them. Putting more stress on birds and destroying the habitat even more!
Now we are learning that you are also using electronic calls during the breeding season. Seriously?!
To me it looks like that you are looking for conservancy work only to promote your business even more. Not cool!”
Pat71_ via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/04/21