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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_9369_385512.1215521325322 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, There's even a book, with the rather amusing title "The Art of Pishing" by Pete Dunne, complete with a CD (you can buy it on-line, but I saw it a while back in the bookstore in the Greenwood Mall), that explains it all - including the art of mimicking Screech Owls to attract birds - something tha Fulton is very good at, but I wasn't (but at least for me it still doesn't attract birds). Richard On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:28 AM, <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi, Gayle- To pish is to make a soft "Pisssh!pisssh!" sound through your > teeth and somewhat puckered lips to attract a bird. I learned it from > Charlie Allen (CRK Allen, one of the founders of the NS Bird Society. > Charlie would stay in the car, roll down the window, and make very loud > "PISH,PISH,PISH" sound, and the birds would come. Phyllis Dobson, another > founding member, would roll down the window on her side of the car and ever > so softly, say "pish,pish,pish" and the birds would come. However you do it, > there are several theories why it works- curiosity, territorial defence, > distraction,etc. And many birds will not come to pishing.Please don't go > tramping around after a reclusive bird. (Try the next day earlier in the > morning.) > There are a few "rules of pishing" I would like to suggest for beginners. > Others may wish to add or delete: > Pish ONLY if you are not going to cause stress to the birds; > Pish only until the bird shows itself; > Pish on a field trip only if the leader invites you to do so; > Stand quietly while someone is pishing; keep hands still; > Pish only if you need to see the bird for ID purposes. Try to learn the > songs and calls. (I struggle with this) or just wait quietly until the bird > shows itself. > Happy birding! Joan > > From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> > > Date: 2008/07/08 Tue AM 05:32:58 EDT > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > ################### Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_9369_385512.1215521325322 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi,<br><br>There's even a book, with the rather amusing title "The Art of Pishing" by Pete Dunne, complete with a CD (you can buy it on-line, but I saw it a while back in the bookstore in the Greenwood Mall), that explains it all - including the art of mimicking Screech Owls to attract birds - something tha Fulton is very good at, but I wasn't (but at least for me it still doesn't attract birds). <br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:28 AM, <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, Gayle- To pish is to make a soft "Pisssh!pisssh!" sound through your teeth and somewhat puckered lips to attract a bird. I learned it from Charlie Allen (CRK Allen, one of the founders of the NS Bird Society. Charlie would stay in the car, roll down the window, and make very loud "PISH,PISH,PISH" sound, and the birds would come. Phyllis Dobson, another founding member, would roll down the window on her side of the car and ever so softly, say "pish,pish,pish" and the birds would come. However you do it, there are several theories why it works- curiosity, territorial defence, distraction,etc. And many birds will not come to pishing.Please don't go tramping around after a reclusive bird. (Try the next day earlier in the morning.)<br> There are a few "rules of pishing" I would like to suggest for beginners. Others may wish to add or delete:<br> Pish ONLY if you are not going to cause stress to the birds;<br> Pish only until the bird shows itself;<br> Pish on a field trip only if the leader invites you to do so;<br> Stand quietly while someone is pishing; keep hands still;<br> Pish only if you need to see the bird for ID purposes. Try to learn the songs and calls. (I struggle with this) or just wait quietly until the bird shows itself.<br> Happy birding! Joan<br> > From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca><br> > Date: 2008/07/08 Tue AM 05:32:58 EDT<br> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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B0P 1T0
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