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I find this confusing…why would ANY animal come TOWARDS a threat type signal ( unless perhaps it from a baby to a Mom who had wandered out of sight?!)
I’ve also read that we should NOT, for example, play audio recordings in order to ATTRACT specific birds, (and any territorial critter!) because it would likely be interpreted as “Someone’s ALREADY HERE, dude……so KEEP moving”. Otherwise we might displace locals.
And, YES, Mother Nature and Darwin already intervene regularly.
Don’t misunderstand, its GREAT to see nature up close, and it sounds like what we do occasionally, to call chipmonks for peanuts.
But I DO find it all rather confusing, contradictory, counterintuitive, especially if the ONE “pisssh” call attracts SO MANY different species.
Jacob, thank you for writing about pishing. I have witnessed this phenomena on guided hikes at Singing Sands, psrt of Bruce Peninsula National Park. It is magic when birds appear from no where attracted by the sound of a possible mate.
Very interesting information