Hey Mark,
Fancy that! Focussing on your baby and not a shorebird... the outrage!
Considering the behaviour of too many people at Pitt Town Lagoon last year (and
yes they were all birders) - the damage done to the best feeding areas, people
tramping through all the reedbeds (depsite being asked not to), etc - I'm just
grateful that you still report anything at all.
Cheers,
Ed
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> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:54:30 +1100
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Wandering Tattler
>
> G'day everyone,
>
>
>
> It's clear to me that I have made a grave mistake in my reporting of the
> current Wandering Tattler. As it has been pointed out to me by a couple of
> people that by my ignorant and selfish actions in not reporting this bird
> back in January when I first saw it, that I have indeed done the wrong thing
> and have denied people the opportunity to add a tick to their list. I
> apologise to those who have taken offense at my ignorance and my inability
> to quickly differentiate one species to another. I may justify my cause a
> little by stating that less than a week after my first sightings my wife and
> I welcomed our first child into the world and I was somewhat pre-occupied
> with other matters, but that would seem self indulgent.
>
>
>
> You may or may not remember but it was I that first saw and reported the
> Ruff at Pitt Town Lagoon in Jan last year, and then the Black Noddy in April
> of last year to this list and Eremaea. Both of those birds caused joy for a
> lot of people and the ability to tick a new species in the Sydney region,
> myself included. But the downside to both of those was hearing reports of
> birders trampling all over Pitt Town Lagoon with little care for the other
> birds there, and then seeing it happen again at Long Reef as people did so
> to see the Noddy. It appears that this may happen again now with the
> Wandering Tattler. And now is a very critical time as the shorebirds start
> to build up reserves for the long flight northward.
>
>
>
> Needless to say that I am concerned that the other birds at the reef aren't
> disturbed at all by people who wish to tick the Tattler. Being told that
> I've done the wrong thing in not coming forward with news of this bird
> earlier by people in the birding community who seem to have a reputation,
> annoys me somewhat.
>
>
>
> As far as any future reporting's of rare or exciting finds go at the reef, I
> will continue to do so at this location, but only publicly once the bird has
> left the reef. I will report them when found to those individuals whose care
> and monitoring of Long Reef as an important shorebird habitat warrants it.
> The rest can rest peacefully knowing that I will not upset them any longer
> with anymore reports of rarely seen birds at Long Reef.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
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