Alan, if you've reached over 700 without "twitching", have you ever calculated
how many more you might have seen if you did?
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus
> On Behalf Of
> Alan Gillanders
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2014 10:25 AM
> To: birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Reluctant lister reports in
>
> Many thanks to all those who sent congratulations.
>
> I believe I have replied to all of you who wrote more, except
> to the one mentioned below. One of the topics raised was
> what's a 'lister' or 'twitcher' and my guess is that like so
> many things there is a continuum and a 'twitcher' is someone
> further along the continuum from you unless you are rejoicing
> in the term being applied to you. Gary Davidson from Canada
> keeps detailed spreadsheets because that is his nature. He
> seldom chases rare birds and vagrants are of little interest
> to drag him out yet he can almost instantly tell me the
> number of birds seen in the continents he has visited.
> He has call himself a spreadsheet birder but I am not sure
> that is a wonderful term either. [I now see that while I was
> writing this Philip V.
> has made similar comments.]
>
> There are so many ways to enjoy wild birds: twitching,
> spotting, feeding, studying, reporting on and photographing,
> and all those people involved are potential allies in our
> personal quests. While there may be certain behaviours which
> would be best called out and condemned I hope we can do this
> while still respecting the person involved. I am grateful for
> all the wonderful people I have met through this hobby and
> many of them through this list so thanks to Russell and his
> fellow moderators.
>
> Regards,
> Alan
>
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