Hi Tweets:
This has been a really productive thread. Because of this thread, I got on Google,
entered Kent Ponds, clicked on Birdweb, and read the Kent Ponds article with
directions written by Charlie Wright. So I then sent a msg to Birdweb which is
posted by Seattle Audubon, volunteering to submit a similar article about Boeing
Ponds. (I've written and re-written these directions to Tweeters and to others many
times, and get weary.)
I Googled Kent Ponds, and on the 2nd page of Google entries, found one called JOIN.
It is a link to the Rainier Audubon website, www.rainieraudubon.org. There is a MAP
that Charlie Wright and his Mom created, and contains an article by myself. It shows
Kent Ponds (GRNRA), Boeing Ponds, the 204th St fields, and Riverview Marsh. Very
cool map of that whole area in the north part of the Kent Valley. This is located
near Kent, WA.
A number of other recent Tweeters messages suggested how we may post directions to
central websites. At present you can Google a site and get Birdweb's sites on the
first page of Google entries. The JOIN article w/ the cool map is on the second
Google page. (You don't have to join.)
Yours, Carol Schulz
Des Moines, WA
linusq at att.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Atkinson" <scottratkinson at hotmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 9:11 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Montlake Fill & place names


Tweeters:
So many have contributed on these, I think it's time to throw in my two cents...

And then on directions: I guess what disturbs me the most is the prevalent "I exist,
therefore you owe me" attitude of so many. I guess it's missed on them that some
contributors don't always have the time to give a georgraphic treatise on what
county, what turns, what pulloffs, etc.--and where do you draw the line on geographic
tips? Some visitors probably need even more info that just a county or site name.
Let's also remember that the vast majority of readership is probably not apt to give
chase to every bird; therefore those people who want to give chase and don't have
knowledge of locality should simply contact the person posting (I have received many
such queries over time) and my general impression is that there are few that would
deny such a query for info. Instead of looking a contributing (who has taken their
own time to post) gift horse in the mouth, why not be grateful that we have a medium
like Tweeters, and that at least you have a tip on which to start?

Scott Atkinson