Although I\'m pretty sure most of us have taken one step too close and are sorry for that step, my guess is this raptor was not frightened because he was used to being fed by visitors. Otherwise he would have flown off long before that guy got close.
Unfortunately it\'s just a matter of time before our wildlife will be no longer precious, no longer respected. It also irritates the heck outa me when people post the exact where-abouts on flickr. Then droves of annoying people take over the place scaring the birds away, interrupting nature as it should be for survival.
I\'ve been observing a owl nest in my area for 4 years, and you should see the trails carved under the tree area, and how disturbed the habitat is due to some idiot posting it on Flickr! Grrrr! Last year I roped it off! lol, And actually saved a baby owl from hundreds of foot stompers. He had fallen out of the tree and the parent will feed it if you leave it alone. He would have died if I hadn\'t kept people out of there.
BEFORE LONG they will have nothing left to shoot!
I hope these people some day soon get the call of the wild to protect and not harrass them.
Feb 10, 2012 at 09:28 PM
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