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Birding Ethics
Please stay in your vehicle and use it as a blind when visiting wildlife refuges
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Turn off your vehicle lights if you can as birds become alarmed
when they see the lights coming their way.
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Do not reveal the location of nests or rookeries.
BIRD sign, Ridgefield NWR, WA POST
Bird sign - your car is your viewing blind, Ridgefield NWR, WA POST
BIRD sign, Ridgefield NWR, WA POST
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Here are some links to a few guides for birding and photography ethics:
Audubon’s Guide to Ethical Bird Photography and Videography
The Photographer's Guide to Ethical Wildlife Photography - Format Magazine
ABA Code of Birding Ethics - American Birding Association
Birding Ethics: Guidelines for respecting birds, their habitat, and each other - eBird
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