The discussion regarding the bulk posting from Balanagara soliciting
funds for it's lyrebird DVD production provides an interesting insight
into the online birding community.
It appears that the one thing that we dislike the most is being asked
for money :)
One of the most annoying things about walking through the CBD are the
fundraisers on the street trying to get us to sign up for regular
financial contributions to their worthy cause. We develop the ability
to walk purposefully so they know we aren't going to "buy" (and then
they remember not to look hopefully at us the next day when we pass
them again).
The thing is that you never know whether people are what they say, so
you develop a natural suspicion of everyone asking for something,
particularly if they are doing in online, and especially if they are
"cold calling".
Anyhow, it is interesting to compare the length of the tread on the
Balanagara spam to the follow-up to Del Richard's post about birders
behaving badly at Wonga Beach. The behaviour of the birders intruding
on private property to twitch the Spotted Whistling Ducks illustrates
an important "cultural" issue that needs to be addressed by the
birding community.
However, we don't want to talk about that. We want to twitch Hoopoes
and avoid fundraisers.
;)
The interesting thing about online forums like birding-aus is that
they don't appear to have a basis to reach and record consensus on
issues like birder behaviour, fundraising and organised activities ...
Regards, Laurie.
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