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Mark Kliene wrote:
Could'nt have put it better myself!!!
Cheers,
Mark Kliene.
"Philip A. Veerman" wrote:
Do some
of us take ourselves too seriously? If you saw the House Crow, good for
you, count it or don't count it. What does it matter?I haven't counted
the number of species I've encountered for about 15 years, so I have no
idea. That lapse does not impact adversely on my effectiveness as an ornithologist,
nor as a conservation advocate, nor my enjoyment of the hobby. It is not
that I am averse to numerical data, far from it. I manage a very sophisticated
long term database of bird records for COG. That has figures on every imaginable
interpretation of the data that has a real value to a consistent survey
with a defined method. Personal lists are just that, personal. As to whether
my last new species was my 475th, 340th or 522nd, who cares? It was there
and I enjoyed it. Of course others will have
different views but I for one think blah about any more on this
issue.
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