"From: Denise Goodfellow To: John Harris
"I think you and I chatted that delightful night at the sewage ponds. Can
you think of a term for that?"
I can, Denise and John, but not for publication!
Denise, you spoke of the disparity of birding intent in groups and must find
that as I do a challenge. I cope by giving the serious birder(s) the wink
about taking care of the interests of the non birder or casual birder and as
long as I am keeping the birds flowing for the rest of the group or the
spouse then everything is OK. One of the problems I had in Costa Rica when I
could not hire a private guide but had to join a tour was that people who
were not birders were taking a bird tour without any background in birding
and the lodge didn't have binoculars for them. As a result the guides spent
time finding large birds or ones which sat still long enough for everyone to
get a view through the scope. I was able to make reasonable use of the time
by waiting until the scope was set up and using the laser point to indicate
to the guide a bird I needed ID help with. Or to take that time to ask about
another local specialty as to where and how to find it.
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