Subject: no ornithology? no bird conservation?
Date: Aug 25 10:21:54 1999
From: James R Lyles III, Technical Editor, Tacoma, WA - jrlyles at usgs.gov



Tweeters.

I am a long-time Tweeter--for about six years now. Because I am
subscribed to Tweeters through my government office e-mail, I am usually
obliged to stay out of the rough-and-tumble of the more substantial and
contentious Tweeters arguments. But I think can properly ask for
information about the scope of the new Tweeters.

Is bird conservation now verboten? (It is usually political, hence
controversial.)

Is ornithology no longer welcome? (It involves actual science. It
involves speciation and modification over time by way of natural
selection . It thus offends some sensibilities.)

Is Tweeters thus withered and reduced to listing?

--Jim Lyles, Tacoma, Washington

home email <jrlyles at nwrain.com> (I've corresponded with Dan Victor
privately about this matter.)


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