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Human Interference vs Interaction

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Cooper:
I guess I am becoming more and more confused about the legitimate role of humans in these birds' lives. While, like everybody here, I'd want all of the chicks to survive, I had thought that human interference was verboten.

I can see leaving a nest box or two around, that the birds can choose to use or not use, as legitimate "helping". I can even wrap my mind around assistance in emergencies. Although I do I do have some reservations about that. There seems to be a wide range around the world as to what constitutes legitimate "helping". It seems that birds in peril may be rescued in some places but not others.

Here we have a pair of healthy birds raising healthy chicks but choosing to do that in a place we don't like, one that we perceive as maybe being more dangerous for them.

I'm sure glad that it's not me who has to decide to move or not move them or, for that matter, even if I have the right to make such a decision.   

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