Well Said. If you are on a tour with a local guide and it feels like being at a zoo, you have picked the wrong tour. For the tours I offer, you are paying to get a person who has lived in the area his entire life, is used to, and has the proper vehicle/safety gear to travel the backroads during winter, an intimate knowledge of the area, has gone through a licensing process with the Provincial Government to obtain a guiding license and area, never uses bait or any lure to attract the birds and wildlife, works closely with local biologists, ornithologists and researchers, and is also an award-winning and published wildlife photographer. I pride myself on providing a tour that puts the welfare of the subject 1st. Most times, my tour of a maximum of 3 people will be the only photographers at an Owl we are with. Here is a video I put together last winter. I went out for the day scouting for Snowy Owls for an upcoming tour.