Mark and Amanda
Congratulations on the new baby. You must be thrilled. My first child,
Amber, is expecting hers in a few months, and I can't wait!
George Alsop (1666) "For its an ill Bird will befoule her own Nest." And
yet some birders do it all the time by behaving badly. The pity is that
they mostly ruin things for other people.
The sort of birders you write of, are more likely to be divorced or single
than other birders, and so it's hardly likely they're going to sympathise
with the fact that you have a new baby to contend with. Having a child is
stressful enough without bothering about such people.
I try to avoid guiding such birders, and I know of one renowned guide who
dropped out of the business because he got sick and tired of them.
Kind regards
Denise L Goodfellow
on 10/2/11 2:24 PM, Mark and Amanda Young at
wrote:
> G'day everyone,
>
>
>
> It's clear to me that I have made a grave mistake in my reporting of the
> current Wandering Tattler. As it has been pointed out to me by a couple of
> people that by my ignorant and selfish actions in not reporting this bird
> back in January when I first saw it, that I have indeed done the wrong thing
> and have denied people the opportunity to add a tick to their list. I
> apologise to those who have taken offense at my ignorance and my inability
> to quickly differentiate one species to another. I may justify my cause a
> little by stating that less than a week after my first sightings my wife and
> I welcomed our first child into the world and I was somewhat pre-occupied
> with other matters, but that would seem self indulgent.
>
>
>
> You may or may not remember but it was I that first saw and reported the
> Ruff at Pitt Town Lagoon in Jan last year, and then the Black Noddy in April
> of last year to this list and Eremaea. Both of those birds caused joy for a
> lot of people and the ability to tick a new species in the Sydney region,
> myself included. But the downside to both of those was hearing reports of
> birders trampling all over Pitt Town Lagoon with little care for the other
> birds there, and then seeing it happen again at Long Reef as people did so
> to see the Noddy. It appears that this may happen again now with the
> Wandering Tattler. And now is a very critical time as the shorebirds start
> to build up reserves for the long flight northward.
>
>
>
> Needless to say that I am concerned that the other birds at the reef aren't
> disturbed at all by people who wish to tick the Tattler. Being told that
> I've done the wrong thing in not coming forward with news of this bird
> earlier by people in the birding community who seem to have a reputation,
> annoys me somewhat.
>
>
>
> As far as any future reporting's of rare or exciting finds go at the reef, I
> will continue to do so at this location, but only publicly once the bird has
> left the reef. I will report them when found to those individuals whose care
> and monitoring of Long Reef as an important shorebird habitat warrants it.
> The rest can rest peacefully knowing that I will not upset them any longer
> with anymore reports of rarely seen birds at Long Reef.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
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