Alert: Ecotourists in Peru Leading Birds to Stress Out, Poop
A new study has found that noisy birders in the Peruvian Amazon have been found to have a detrimental effect on the hoatzin birds.
“The sound of even a quiet conversation caused the birds to begin clucking and defecating – a common defense response – at longer approach distances than for quiet approaches. The noisiest approaches also caused the birds to fly off more readily.”
So ecotourists going to that part of the world: keep your trap shut and watch out when looking up.
