Dennis Paulson wrote:
>And speaking of age differences, how about sex? We haven't explored in
>this medium the reason why females are so underrepresented among those of
>"hotshot" birder status, even though they are overrepresented in most
>groups of birders that one encounters. [snip]

Re the perceived paucity of "hotshot" female birders, I don't think it has
anything to do with birding per se. It is just one more example of males
becoming obsessed with a recreational activity. It might just as well be
golf. The real question is why are males more likely than females to
become obsessed with such things? I suspect the answer is more
sociological than biological.


David Wright
dwright at u.washington.edu

PS: is there an explicit sampling protocol for CBCs written down anywhere?