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151  Rochester Falcons / Falcon Watches / Twitter 2011 on: 23-Oct-11, 12:05:00 PM
Carol P. just visited with the original Susan B?  Chilling!  And so close to Halloween.  scared blue
152  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Swedish bird catcher convicted of animal cruelty for trapping 13,000 wild birds on: 19-Oct-11, 12:36:04 AM
Xtreme Hoarding!

STOCKHOLM — A Swedish man who captured 13,000 wild birds and kept hundreds of them locked up in his home has been convicted of animal cruelty and illegal hunting and sentenced to a year and a half in prison.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/swedish-bird-catcher-convicted-of-animal-cruelty-for-trapping-13000-wild-birds/2011/10/17/gIQAbgLRrL_story.html

153  Member Activities / Events / Re: "Lurker Come Out Week" This means you! on: 17-Oct-11, 10:48:37 PM
Hmm, this went over well! Got like 4 people out of 502 to come out! OY, I tried!

And a very good try it was!  As someone suggested, many nesting season lurkers have probably already gone into hibernation.  Maybe a coming out week in April will be more productive.
154  Member Activities / Events / Re: "Lurker Come Out Week" This means you! on: 10-Oct-11, 01:39:47 PM
Get busy with at least stooping in to say hi!

Did you mean to say that?  I have visions of people swooping into the forum at 200 mph, posting and rising off again! Grin

And, apparently, making contact only 20% of the time.  wave
155  Other Nature Related Information / Raptor Web Cams / Re: Norfolk Eagles in their new nest on: 07-Oct-11, 02:01:19 PM
What do you mean by stealing? Using the pic for their own purposes? I think I have done that! So when I post a pic from someone elses site, I STOLE IT???   surprise Shocked scared blue secret2 Like the Bat I posted earlier, was stolen? I was always confused about what to post and what not to. Where do we draw the line?  confused (I never stole a pic and said I took it!)

When cross posting a picture (like the bat one) you should always credit the photographer, if known, and the website where you found it, if not.  I usually try to post both.  Most photographers are OK with that as long as credit is given.

The problem the Norfolk photographers are having is people saving, sharing, printing and even selling the pictures as their own.  That's why they've started putting their names in huge letters across the photos and have asked us to view them on the Norfolk forum or the individual photographer's website.  

Technically you shouldn't even save someone's picture without their permission, but most people are OK with that if you are only using it for your own personal viewing pleasure.  But it can get to be a slippery slope.

Youch! I'll remember that! Thanks   dead-horse

Lots of interesting and informative stuff on the web concerning copyright and copyright infringement.  For example:

http://webnet77.com/webstuff/copyright.html
http://copyright.gov/title17/
http://copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html

I think the photos Donna uses in her posts qualify as being "...for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting..." and would fall under Fair Use Limitations (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107).  I agree that non-owned photos used is this context should give credit to the owner.  And probably better to quote just a highlight of a copyrighted article, then link to the original post.     

While I respect Dumperskitty's decision not to provide direct links to copyrighted material, I don't think such links are legally or ethically prohibited. 

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Intellectual_Freedom_Issues&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25306 

My 2 cents.

156  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Offspring / Re: Quest and Kendal - Toronto/Don Mills on: 02-Oct-11, 01:51:31 PM
Hard to tell sometimes at that distance! Miss Harlie!  Sad Glad to see Q and K at times!

Wish is was Miss Harlie as we all miss Harlie. Cheesy
157  Other Nature Related Information / Other Nature Web Cams / Re: Surprising news about Mei Lan, the first Panda cub born at Zoo Atlanta! on: 22-Sep-11, 08:21:07 PM
So glad they didn't put him in a dress and really warp his psyche!
158  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Penguin out of order on: 13-Sep-11, 01:31:46 PM
Good intentions, bad results.  I had an ominous feeling about this when they dumped him so far from from home.  Probably best not to know the final outcome.
159  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Penguin out of order on: 12-Sep-11, 09:08:44 AM
After all it was only glued on and would have had to survive extreme conditions.

Should have used nail polish!
160  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Penguin out of order on: 11-Sep-11, 01:01:19 AM
From: http://www.ourfarsouth.org/Track-Happy-Feet.aspx

Update 11 Sep 11 - Why are there no new Happy Feet updates since 2011-09-08 20:11?  The satellite that tracks Happy Feet is currently not working due to a spate of Solar Flares over the last 4 days. We will keep you updated with any changes.
161  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Penguin out of order on: 09-Sep-11, 10:19:38 PM
9 September 2011
162  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: Pictures from the Rfalconcam cameras on: 09-Sep-11, 10:10:59 AM
If you click the small arrow on the tool bar (not the big arrow on the image), the video stays on rfalconcam.com without the ads.
163  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Penguin out of order on: 08-Sep-11, 08:36:57 PM
From: http://www.ourfarsouth.org/Track-Happy-Feet.aspx

Happy Feet's progress

8 September 2011

End of Day 4 and the bird is a further 8 kms closer to the Ross Sea. He’s headed more east today than previous days when he’s been heading southeast. He’s also not covered so many kms, suggesting he’s been spending more time just sitting in the tide. Maybe it’s time for a feed or he’s chasing the ladies.
164  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Penguin out of order on: 08-Sep-11, 01:53:07 PM
Looks like he's hit a westerly current and is going with the flow.
165  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Penguin out of order on: 07-Sep-11, 12:50:56 PM
From: http://www.ourfarsouth.org/Track-Happy-Feet.aspx                                                                 

Happy Feet's progress

7 September 2011

Our bird has made a gain of 22 kms further toward home over the last 24 hours, a good performance pushing pretty much southward. More pertinently he’s also put an additional 6kms between him and the sandy beaches of Campbell island overnight. He seems to be swimming between 2-3 kph today, a bit slower than yesterday – this includes an hour when he seemed to get distracted and put on no distance at all. Wonder what’s caught his interest?
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