Originally Posted by
SwampCollie
Everything in the woods shines anyway.... ever see an oak leaf... its shiny. Holly leaves... shiny.... the list goes on.
As JW said.... its movement that does it. Now, shiny movement is usually even worse.
Oak leaves, and many other things in the woods "move" and don't spook birds.

So its not being shiney, nor is it the movement, on there own. Its being "out of place" and "unatural", whether its color or movement.