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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 1785339" data-attributes="member: 32998">Of course a tired migrant is vulnerable, and extra stress would not be helpful to it. However, people, cattle, foxes etc all inhabitat the same realm as the avifauna of the planet, and tired migrants have to contend with them. Depending on the species and the local geography (hedgerows etc) in which the bird is residing, I can't see it as quite the heinous crime that some say it is. Its a case of weighing up the situation I guess - 100 waiting birders, having spent a collectively large sum of money and invested a large amount of time in travelling to the spot vs 1 and a half ounces of lost hungry waif which could well succomb in the night anyway, or fall prey to a passing sparrowhawk regardless.Repeated organized flushing, which would stop a bird feeding/returning to its feeding area is of course a different matter. Working out the cut off point between what is an acceptable number of 'organized flushes' would also depend on the situation, and might be awkward to accurately work out.Snipe and other wintering birds have been mentioned. Of course in extreme weather conditions, like the recent cold spell in the uk, and flushing of these birds by walking through their habitat could also be more critical to their survival.</blockquote>