A Florida news outlet has reported that a prominent bird photographer has pled guilty to violating the Endangered Species Act. On at least eight occasions, this person was observed harassing nesting snail kites in order to get them to fly so his workshop customers could get flight shots. Snail kites are on the endangered species list; harassing them is a Federal offense. More details in the link below:

http://www.wesh.com/news/central-flo...#ixzz2uZKdZOui

I hope that all photographers read the news article and act accordingly.

John