This whole nonsense of 'blaming someone' for a perceived lack of
scientific output from birdwatchers holds no water with me at all. I
know of no other hobby (and I've been heavily involved in a few) where
so much guilt is levelled at others for not pursuing their hobby in
the prescribed manner. So what if there are birders out there purely
enjoying looking at birds? I can't think of a better way to wring the
joy from my experiences than the thought of writing up every
observation or atlassing every trip. If you think there should be more
science output maybe you should work harder? Otherwise, let us enjoy
our hobby in the way we see fit.
Except for Twitchers, who are clearly evil and responsible for almost
every problem we face today.
EB
On 5/22/08, Stephen Ambrose <> wrote:
> John may have a point about the impacts of Birding-aus. But we must remember
> that Birding-aus correspondence is archived and is thus in the public
> domain. Therefore, in a sense, observations recorded on Birding-aus are
> publications, albeit unrefereed and harder to sift through for relevant
> material.
>
> The unrefereed nature of Birding-aus does not worry me. As we are all aware,
> there are enough critics who subscribe to Birding-aus who are ready to jump
> on someone who has made an incorrect observation or interpretation.
>
> Stephen Ambrose,
>
> Ryde, NSW
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of John Leonard
> Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2008 11:51 AM
> To: Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] re: The decline of ornithological
> publications(was: rant against twitching)
>
>
>
> I wonder if Birding-aus is itself to blame?
>
>
>
> Since 1995 (correct that date if necessary) Australian birders who
>
> observe previously unnoticed behaviour have been able to fire away an
>
> e-mail to birding-aus saying: "Yesterday I saw a such and such doing
>
> this and that, has anyone observed this before?"
>
>
>
> This may have then allowed people to forget about the observation and
>
> not follow it up and write it up more fully as they used to.
>
>
>
> John Leonard
>
>
>
> ps I'm not recommending the immediate suspension of birding-aus :-)
>
>
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