When you read it, & it is worth reading, you will grimace at the
hardships undergone by Pheobe for her obsession.
It might have started out as an afternoon in the park with some bins
but she pushed herself very hard as the ticks became harder to get.
Testosterone is not purely a male thing but irrespective of the
hormone, she pushed herself harder & was more competitive than most
birding males.
Chris Charles
0412 911 184
33deg 47'30"S
151deg10'09"E
On 07/08/2009, at 7:50 AM, Mark and Mandy Young wrote:
Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but when I go birding there's nothing
testosterone
driven about it.
Perhaps someone could give me some pointers on how to make it more
testosteronish? ;)
Regards,
Mark and/or Mandy
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of L&L Knight
Sent: Thursday, 6 August 2009 9:00 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Life List
There's a review of the book Life List: A Woman's Quest for the
World's Most Amazing Birds (Olivia Gentile, Bloomsbury USA: 2009. 352
pp) in today's edition of Nature [Nature 460, 689 (6 August 2009) |
doi:10.1038/460689a]. It tells the story of Phoebe Snetsinger, the
first person to see 8000 species of birds. [This is not the normal
subject matter for a high profile science journal.]
I thought I would share the final paragraph of the review - "... the
story of a suburban housewife and mother-of-four who became a legend
in the testosterone-driven world of competitive birding is more than a
biography. It raises themes that echo through all our lives, from the
restriction of people's roles by society, to questions of how best to
spend one's days on Earth. Is pursuing a rare bird a trivial pursuit,
or a chase worthy of respect? Ultimately, Life List asks what it means
to live, and die, well."
That is a very good question.
Regards, Laurie.
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