Subject: Re: decreasing birders -Reply
Date: Aug 14 11:12:03 1997
From: ravenn at premier1.net - ravenn at premier1.net


I was in Texas on a birding trip this past April when I ran into one of
Don and Lillian Stokes photographers. We were at Bentsen Rio Grande
State Park at 7:00 in the morning watching a Northern
Beardless-Tyrannulet. He was video taping it for one of their shows.
What a video camera he had!! I missed meeting the Stokes by about an
hour.

Yvonne Bombardier
Everett
ravenn at premier1.net
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> Just to add to Howard's comments:
>
> Starting this fall a series on Bird Watching by Don and Lillian
> Stokes will air on PBS. This is a first and would not have happened
> if there was no demand and/or interest by a large segment of the
> population. However, I do not think there is 76 million true birder,
> but an increasing number of concerned people trying to help the
> natural environment in their backyard, neighbourhood, city, county,
> state and nation. Those are the ones that need our support and
> expertise on birds (including behavior, habitat, nesting,
> identifying, songs, mnemonics, migrating patterns, locations, etc.).
>