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- From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
- Subject: Re: Bird watching at night
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:16:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.191621.24483@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- References: <josh.727641751@pogo> <1993Jan22.152433.18046@watson.ibm.com>
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- In article <1993Jan22.152433.18046@watson.ibm.com>, andrewt@watson.ibm.com (Andrew Taylor) writes:
- > In article <josh.727641751@pogo> josh@cqs.washington.edu (Josh Hayes) writes:
- > >On a related question, has anyone had any success "jacklighting"
- > >birds; that is, going out at night with a nice bright spotlight
- > >and catching eyeshine?
- >
- > I've done this quite often in Australia. In forest, listening for calls and
- >
- > My favourite spot is in Royal National Park on Sydney's southern outskirts.
- > There I've seen
- >
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- Just worth pointing out that in many of the US National Parks there are
- specific regulations which prohibit the use of artifical lighting to
- observe wildlife at night (I assume to give them at least some relief
- from being disturbed by the visitors?).
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