28 September 2007

Baiting

After waiting more than half an hour, no birds came close to my backyard. Nearly 8:00am, hurry time to go to work. So I took this ripe banana and put it near my back door, about 5 feet from my camera, pre-focused on that banana bunch. I hide behind the door with a shutter release cable in my hand.

Sure enough, this Yellow Vented Bulbul takes a bite. Managed to shoot 5 frames before she heard the camera shutter and flew away.



Looking....., nobody around...












Let's have a look!












Wow! nice and ripe.












Mmm...Sweet?
(why not choose the fresh one?)


This type of bird photography is unethical.
We should not feed wildlife/birds.
But this bird is so abundant around my house and they used to feed with this type of banana (also around my backyard). This banana is ripe and I don't think have any disease.
Anyway this is the link to Birding Ethics
PRINCIPLES OF BIRDING ETHICS