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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