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Wolfman Woody
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I love Barrie's writing and almost always find myself in agreement.
None more so than with his opening gambit here. He is correct, anglers DO NOT scare wildlife, particularly birds. On the contrary, I have often sat by a particular lake and had kingfishers perch on branches so close I could almost touch them.
Yet, the local birdwatchers turn up, see a kingfisher and they're jumping all over the bank binoculars and scopes glued firmly to their eyes. The problem for them is, they never see the bigger picture. Sit still, learn to be quiet (was that Walker who said that?), and nature will come to you.
I have a problem at the moment in that one particular mallard cross seems to be glued to my feet whenever I go to the hotel stretch. If I open my spinner box, he has his beak in it selecting the lures for me and often he picks good ones. Yet, I have never offered him any reward of any kind, but the time has come to change my ways and take some bread next time.
None more so than with his opening gambit here. He is correct, anglers DO NOT scare wildlife, particularly birds. On the contrary, I have often sat by a particular lake and had kingfishers perch on branches so close I could almost touch them.
Yet, the local birdwatchers turn up, see a kingfisher and they're jumping all over the bank binoculars and scopes glued firmly to their eyes. The problem for them is, they never see the bigger picture. Sit still, learn to be quiet (was that Walker who said that?), and nature will come to you.
I have a problem at the moment in that one particular mallard cross seems to be glued to my feet whenever I go to the hotel stretch. If I open my spinner box, he has his beak in it selecting the lures for me and often he picks good ones. Yet, I have never offered him any reward of any kind, but the time has come to change my ways and take some bread next time.