This excerpt is from the Michigan RBA, today: 										(Lenawee Co.  
is  SW of Ann Arbor & NW of Toledo)

Subject: Re: Lenawee Co. / Snowy Owl - NOT found
From: John Lowry <john AT kingbird.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:07:21 -0500
A local told me that a photographer or birder with a camera walked  
out                    into the field and got close enough to flush  
the bird. I don't think it's been 		seen since.
	The French have a saying:															 "The more things change,  
the more they stay the same."
	Leo Weigant



On Feb 2, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Andy Wilson wrote:

> I'm forwarding this from the PA Birding List - with permission of  
> Nathan
> Thomas. Another depressing report of a birder/photographer behaving  
> badly.
>
> Nathan's original post:
>
> I just wanted to update and make a comment on the Snowy Owl that  
> used to be
> along Mud Level Road.  I stopped out to show my wife and son the  
> bird this
> morning and we got a great look.  Unfortunately while we were out  
> there a
> "birder" from Maryland, who wanted to get a better picture of the  
> bird using
> his inadequate lens, got permission to walk into the field where  
> the bird
> was sitting.  He continued to approach until it finally flew.  It  
> passed
> directly overhead and continued to fly out of sight to the  
> northwest over
> Britton Road.  I waited for the "birder" and explained to him what his
> actions overall may mean to birders who would have continued to  
> appreciate
> the bird.  I also briefly explained the ABA code of ethics.
> <http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html> I consider myself a birder  
> and so do
> all of you, but I don't think any of us wish to consider ourselves  
> in the
> same category as this guy.  Lets hope the bird comes back.
> Nathan Thomas
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Shippensburg, PA
> Cumberland County
>
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