Goodfellow wrote:
>
> Hello All
>
> Some birders demonstrate addictive behaviour. While this is largely
> harmless, the lives of some revolve around finding that new bird to the
> extent that they have difficulty relating to other human beings (unless
> they have relevant information or demonstrate similar behaviour) and may
> demonstrate a degree of self-centredness which even affects their
> attitudes to the environment (for instance using tapes with vulnerable
> birds, going into sensitive areas). I can well understand why such
> birders have a bad name whether they be called 'twitchers' or whatever.
Different people tend to get fanatical in this way about different
things -
gear collecting [gear freaks]
train spotting
stamp & coin collecting
In the end it comes down to the "joy" of collecting things. I like
climbing mountains, but when you climb a mountain for the peak-bagging
points / notch in the belt, then you are doing it for the wrong reasons.
Laurie
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