Hi all wildlife photographers, There is an eagle nest close to our house, but a storm knocked down the nest. They have about a month to rebuild in time to have chicks this year. I was thinking of bringing sticks to the park where they get their sticks, just in case there aren’t enough sticks left t…

I think providing sticks is perfectly fine, I would consider it a mutual relationship: the eagle doesn’t have to travel as far to create its nest, and you get some nice photos. If you were to give it a dead rabbit or something I don’t think that would be so great.

I agree with Zdanko, I think bringing sticks would be fine, lots of people suggest putting out nesting material in yards for songbirds so why not raptors?

My one thought went to parks around here do not allow introduction of firewood from outside of the park and they will provide firewood - I can’t see them making enough money on it to call it a money grab. The effort is to not introduce diseases and such from out side the park boundaries. Sticks for …

I did it once, for a Cariama cristata, but the sticks were from the other side of the same park were they never went, perhaps because of the presence of much people. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6668838

I would like to include small size wildlife in this chat (insects!), and how to handle those small organisms for photos and in general. I often see photos of dragonflies and butterflies held by their wings, or photos of aquatic invertebrates taken out of the water. I think iNaturalist has a wonder…

There have been some discussion on handling here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ethical-behaviour-when-observing-and-photographing-animals/5368 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/dont-incur-any-amount-of-undue-stress-on-the-animal/14374 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/research-and-ethical-question…

We have polyphagous shothole borer. And have been asked to very careful of moving firewood. Is that also a problem in your park?

I am not familiar with the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB), Euwallacea fornicatus but from what I am reading it is invasive in California, Israel, and South Africa. We have a Mountain pine beetle that is problematic here in the west of Canada. I have seen whole valleys and hillside infected by th…

Yes, I see. I don’t think many people especially new users go digging in the forum in search of ethics. I think would be useful to have a specific page accessible from the “Identify” main page, maybe adding a clearly stated “how to handle animals” link on the top bar?

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