http://www.sean-phillips.com/blog/prairies/deer-butts Landscape and Wildlife Photos from the Canadian Rocky Mountains and Prairies Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:42:40 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sean-phillips.com/blog/prairies/deer-butts/comment-page-1#comment-3 Northern Hawk Owl - Sean Phillips Photography Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:27:18 +0000 http://www.sean-phillips.com/blog/?p=300#comment-3 [...] When this sort of excitement crops up there is always the inevitable talk about the ethics of human interaction with wildlife. In this particular instance there have been huge numbers of people traveling down the same road eager to see and photograph such beautiful birds. Some people would say that this is very stressful to the bird and that it can really disrupt their lifestyle. I’ve already mentioned that these birds don’t seem to care very much about the people that are visiting them, and my personal belief is that birds and animals are generally very good at letting humans know when they are being bothered. In fact they usually do so very quickly… [...] [...] When this sort of excitement crops up there is always the inevitable talk about the ethics of human interaction with wildlife. In this particular instance there have been huge numbers of people traveling down the same road eager to see and photograph such beautiful birds. Some people would say that this is very stressful to the bird and that it can really disrupt their lifestyle. I’ve already mentioned that these birds don’t seem to care very much about the people that are visiting them, and my personal belief is that birds and animals are generally very good at letting humans know when they are being bothered. In fact they usually do so very quickly… [...]

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