Hi Ian and Tweeters,

As well as being cheap some of us notice the weirdest
things and I noticed this is about the longest posting
I have ever seen from Ian. I don't recall seeing such
a long Ian post before.

One of my early birding guru's always stressed
spending money when you go places to bird and if
appropriate to let folks know you are there to enjoy
their birdlife.

A little birding note, I was one day late for the
Snowy Egret at Nisqually. Darn, but I got a nice late
summer walk in.

Kathy
Roosting in S King Couny

--- Ian Paulsen <birdbooker at zipcon.net> wrote:

> HI Kelly et al:
> NOPE, the waitpeople are right, Birders (and
> environmentalists in
> general) are cheapskates! As someone who follows the
> publishing business
> closely (especially natural history books) birders
> et al. have a
> reputation for being cheap. Until recently
> publishers were wary of
> printing bird books because they didn't sell. And if
> you at the market
> today it is still dominated by a few publishers
> mainly Yale/Princeton (and
> the Britsh company Helm/ACBlack) and Houghton
> Mifflin. How many birders
> out in tweeterland are old enough to remember
> Pacific Search magazine? It
> went belly-up and the publisher blamed it on cheap
> enviro-types. Also
> independant natural history booksellers don't like
> to carry bird books
> (especially used/out-of-print ones) because they
> don't sell. Birders go
> on-line and look for the cheapest copies
> (non-natural history booksellers
> also complain about the internet but that's another
> story). Gardening
> books sell better than bird books! True we buy
> expensive optics (but not
> very often) and travel but apparently we feel that
> being economical will
> help the environment. I feel that the only way to
> beat this bad reputation
> is to go out and spend (if you can afford to).
>
> --
>
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
> "Rallidae all the way!"
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