Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Re: Ivory-billed Woodpecker Musings
Date: May 2 18:57:59 2005
From: MurrayH at aol.com - MurrayH at aol.com




In a message dated 5/2/2005 8:50:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
lguy_mcw at yahoo.com writes:

Tweets,
Just some relavant musings about the Ivory-billed that
I picked up off the Carolina birders list-serv,
that I thought all birders should consider.
Enjoy!
Guy
--- "Michael C. Parrish" <pendragon1998 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 13:39:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Michael C. Parrish" <pendragon1998 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Ivory-billed Woodpecker Musings
> To: Guy McWethy <lguy_mcw at yahoo.com>
>
> Sure Guy, and thank you :-)
> Good birding,
> Michael
>
> --- Guy McWethy <lguy_mcw at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Thank You.
> > Well put.
> > Do you mind if I post this to the Washington
> listserv,
> > Tweeters?
> > Guy McWethy
> > --- "Michael C. Parrish" <pendragon1998 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:

I've been as caught up as everyone else has been today
and yesterday as word of the great discovery has
propogated throughout the country.
But now, as I prepare to go to sleep, something has
been bothering me about the whole situation.
We all love the ivory-bill enough to want to look for
it, observe it in the field, add it to our
lifelists...but do we love it enough _not_ to look for
it?
Others have raised the issue of birders disturbing the
birds with out call tapes and crashing through the
swamp. How sad it would be if we destroyed the thing
we all love so much by holding on too tight now that
we've found it again.
I hope all of you responsible birders out there make a
point not to disturb the habitats until the work has
been done to preserve the species.
I'm sure that even with areas of the forests closed,
there will be those who do all they can to get in or
around to see the birds, just for their own selfish
thrill.
Let's all take this as an opportunity to remind
ourselves to always put the birds first, and not our
desire to see them.
I'm sure most of you already do, but we should also
make a point of communicating that point to other,
less-responsible birders.
I hope everyone will stay put for now and give the
scientists in Arkansas a chance to get a firm grasp on
the situation down there, hopefully stabilizing a
large enough population that one day we (and our
children) can all experience an audience with the Lord
God Bird.
Just some post-midnight thoughts...

'Night all you CarolinaBirders,
Michael C. Parrish,
University of South Carolina, Columbia.


Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com

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Hi! I just celebrated my 80th birthday and I can't tell you how grand it
has been to read and see about the Ivory-billed-- Our local T.V. station
broadcast the "Sunday Morning" program yesterday and I was thrilled to see the
camcorder (?) picture of the flying bird!! It was almost like being there!! I
remember when the late Ted Parker went on a search for the bird and before
that a search in Louisiana. It's incredible and may I add my sincere hope that
the area is well protected against any and all attempts to find it before the
scientific community can assess its stability. Sincerely yours,
Murray Hansen

(Mrs.) Murray Hansen
Graham, WA
MurrayH at aol.com