Editing Birdwatching (section)

===Code of conduct===
As the numbers of birdwatchers increases, there is growing concern about the impact of birdwatching on the birds and their habitat. Birdwatching etiquette is evolving in response to this concern.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bumstead |first=Pat|year=2004|title=The Art of Birdwatching|publisher=Simply Wild Publications Inc.|isbn=978-0-9689278-2-3|oclc=56329274}}</ref> Some examples of birdwatching etiquette include promoting the welfare of birds and their environment, limiting use of photography, [[pish]]ing and playback devices to mitigate stress caused to birds, maintaining a distance away from nests and nesting colonies, and respecting private property.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ |title=Code of Birding Ethics |date=3 January 2020 |publisher=American Birding Association  |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref>

The lack of definite evidence, except arguably in the form of photographs, makes birding records difficult to prove but birdwatchers strive to build trust in their identification.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Qualitative Sociology|title=Take my word for it: Trust in the context of birding and mountaineering|volume=17|issue=3|pages=215–241|year=1994|last=Donnelly |first=Peter|doi=10.1007/BF02422253|s2cid=144678537}}</ref> One of the few major disputes was the case of the [[Hastings Rarities]].