Is it mean to use a bird identification app to call birds in closer?
from Jerb322@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 19:28
https://lemmy.world/post/32379073

If they think your potential mate or potential rival for mating. Is it too much of a waste of their time and effort?

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SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 19:36 next collapse

That’s fucking with nature and we as a species fuck with it so much it’s probably better to not do things like this.

mantra@lemmy.zip on 02 Jul 19:38 next collapse

Yes. Maybe try feeders. Binoculars also work, but may require some patience.Doesn’t seem like you need to tease/antagonize them to be able to see them.

burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 19:49 next collapse

you’re supposed to just watch the birds

Lexam@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 19:52 next collapse

Are you going to put out? Because if not this is just leading people on.

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 20:23 next collapse

I mean hunters use them and blast them.

Not every mating call has to be for them, silly birds.

Chip_Rat@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 21:24 collapse

But hunters are specifically trying to call them in to shoot them. This is more like catch and release fishing, you are just making the bird late for something…

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 21:37 collapse

Your fault if you stare at the billboards while walking to work mate.

massive_bereavement@fedia.io on 02 Jul 21:01 next collapse

It is not recommended using bird calls as it disturbs them:
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/why-photographers-should-reconsider-using-playback-field

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 22:45 collapse

Aww, now I feel bad for whistling back

massive_bereavement@fedia.io on 03 Jul 14:35 collapse

I mean, one thing is using recordings and another one is whistling. If you're disrupting them then it's just natural selection.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 01:39 collapse

I’ve gotten a couple to get close enough to see.

I guess that’s evolution. Serves them right for trusting a human.

Creativity@lemmy.zip on 02 Jul 22:30 next collapse

It’s generally frowned upon. Birds spend their lives collecting enough energy (food, water) to survive (find more food, defend territory, mate, etc). If a bird reacts to a fake call, it’s wasting energy that could’ve been used for something actually useful, which lowers the bird’s chance of survival.

Flax_vert@feddit.uk on 03 Jul 08:17 collapse

I eat birds, which is probably less ethical than this

SkyezOpen@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 04:15 collapse

Aren’t you Christian? Ethics are whatever you say God says they are.