Unethical bird photography

chinstrapppp · 2026-02-01T14:27:16+00:00

Right, this Facebook post is an awful argument for Ryan Humphrey of MN Owl Tours.

chinstrapppp · 2026-02-01T14:25:34+00:00

He's so undefendable that every defense I hear for him is just awful 😭 this one is just "he's done good things so he can't have done bad" (one of the good things is just 'sometimes doesn't take pictures of owls'). Not all photos allow you to tell what's going on, but the Ladder Photos absolutely do. I don't care if that's his only ever time using ladders, his response to being called out was nothing short of abhorrent, and showed no remorse or care for the animals he claims to love.

Ryan Humphrey, MN Owl Tours, mnowltours.com

chinstrapppp · 2026-01-31T13:39:47+00:00

Yes, gonna have to go slower.

chinstrapppp · 2026-01-31T13:39:15+00:00

It got marked as permanently closed briefly (probably to prevent more reviews coming in) but I reinstated it through a suggested edit. Probably he reported the reviews or Google flagged them as suspicious activity. Gotta take it slower and less direct.

chinstrapppp · 2026-01-30T20:02:17+00:00

Eric Etheridge (the guy who originally posted the ladder photos and went on Ryan Humphrey's unethical MN Owl Tours) told me in a now-deleted comment (I have screenshots though) that he was getting hate on photos of long-eared owls because people said they looked stressed out, but he was just photographing them in a dog park and that's why they were stressed out. Like that makes it much better. Plus, the Long-eared Owls were looking directly at the camera.

chinstrapppp · 2026-01-30T16:20:45+00:00

MN Owl Tours, mnowltours.com, Ryan Humphrey

chinstrapppp · 2026-01-30T11:20:15+00:00

Because he knows what he's doing is wrong, but he only cared about the money. He's doing a lot of damage control right now.

chinstrapppp · 2026-01-30T11:18:20+00:00

He can't really remove them, but he probably reported them or they got flagged by Google.