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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Larimer Woodcock
Educating is helpful knowing that many people will make the right choice when
they understand the repercussions of their actions. Unfortunately, this
Hi Deb and all
So, I think we all know we will never solve this problem 100%--people have
their own ethics to merge with expected, informal birding ethics norms. We
also have diverse groups of people to consider in our problem solving:
- Birder (subsets)
- Beginner
- Intermediat
Educating is helpful knowing that many people will make the right choice when
they understand the repercussions of their actions. Unfortunately, this isn't
always true.
When I reported a saw-whet owl in Littleton, I only gave the location info
to a few people after getting permission from
Hi all
I must say I am always surprised at the ugly discourse that follows when
informal rules are violated. Mirroring the likes of our Congressional
leaders--by "name calling", etc--is not the way to correct any problem. I
think setting our emotions aside and using a sense of civility and
t
I feel terrible about this. In retrospect I would not have told anyone
about the Woodcock. I care way more about the bird than being the one who
found it.
On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 3:40:46 PM UTC-7, Dave Leatherman wrote:
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> Birders and photographers and others with binoculars and cameras,
I absolutely agree 100% with Eric on this one. Well written, my friend. When I
had the privilege of an extremely rare bird in my yard in 2007, I had over 400
people visit my home to view the Streak-backed Oriole under pretty strict
conditions. Still, there was a select group that chose to not
Well said Dave and Eric.
I think that the numbskulls need to be outed and treated as the pariahs
they deserve to be. If I'm doing something stupid like that I expect to be
called on it. I hope the morons who are doing it here and other places get
called out in public.
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
On S
Austin,
Please, do NOT blame yourself for the bad behavior of others. And please do
NOT begin a habit of keeping outstanding birds like this American Woodcock
to yourself the next time you, Fawn, or anyone comes across one. Just
because one or perhaps several people do not understand or practice e
Dave...I'm very sorry if posting to COBirds when I found out was not smart
of me. I realize that it attracted such a large amount of people...I
probably should of known better. Too bad to hear that it has gone over the
line. I wish I would of thought over everything better and just kept the
bir
