We should not forget nearly all of us go birding for fun. The different
levels of participation in the activity mean there must be some standards at
some points. Hard to understand why anyone would get upset over a set of
standards to regard a record as accepted or not. If some levels don't
When mou net contributors get caught up in what and how to count in approve=
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ways, I am reminded of Mary Oliver's lovely poem:
Snowy Night
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Last night, an owl
in the blue dark
tossed
an indeterminate number
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of carefully shaped sounds into
the world, in which,
a quarter of a mile away, I
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Dear Birders Who Read Poetry--
Mary Oliver's poem is charming, but she is showing off. Note that she is
telling the reader that she KNOWS the difference between the call of a Great
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