Yellow Bittern Hysteria (continued)

This online community is a terrific vehicle for assisting birders in what they most love doing: watching and photographing birds. Especially when something special comes along like the Brisbane Yellow Bittern. My view is that the other side of this communications ‘coin’ is the unfortunate tendency of a small number of members to seize upon opportunities to present a ‘holier than thou’ innuendos or outright lectures relating to the perceived atrocities of others. The usual calls to arms relate to perceptions of unduly stressing birds to trampling private property. The call for ‘name and shame!’ rattles often from these contributors, and yet I can’t help but wonder if such posts at times more adequately present the thought-processes of the accusers than the reported atrocities. I’d like to see a broadening of the participation base on this site – and am certain that a reduction in negative postings about ‘them’ – whomever the latest ‘them’ might be, would likey contribute to this. I’ve been to the Yellow Bittern site at Wallaroo Circuit, where the two small bitterns have been in attendance for (at least) months, and am aware of the geographical nature of this public park, in that it would be very difficult to imagine that any effort, short of wading out to the reed-bed covered central-island that could cause evacuation by the two currently resident bitterns. I would like to hear the views of real birders who were ‘really’ on site in recent days, rather than reports from those who ‘have it on good advice’. I understand that a dozen or so birders successfully watched both the Yellow Bittern and the Little Bittern this morning without incident. How about an update? Brendan Cook (named but not shamed) Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org